An X-FEM approach for large sliding contact along discontinuities

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1407-1435

  Nistor, Ionel ^a,b   Guiton, M L E ^a   Massin, P ^c   Moes N ^d   Geniaut S ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN GÉNIE CIVIL ET MÉCANIQUE GEM   (France)

Author keywords

Contact; Large sliding; X FEM

Indexed keywords

CONTACT; CONTACT ELEMENTS; CONTACT SEARCH; CONTACTING SURFACES; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTIONLESS CONTACTS; LAGRANGIAN; LARGE SLIDING; MESH DESIGNS; X-FEM;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 66249121738     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2532     Document Type: Article

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