A numerical algorithm for the solution of two-dimensional rough contact problems

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 463-476

  Ciavarella, M ^a   Demelio, G ^a   Murolo, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact problems; Rough surfaces

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CONTACT PROBLEMS; LOAD DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; ROUGH SURFACES;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 23844478211     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/030932405X15936     Document Type: Article

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