Formulation and analysis of a three-dimensional finite element implementation for adhesive contact at the nanoscale

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 198, Issue 49-52, 2009, Pages 3871-3883

  Sauer, Roger A ^a   Wriggers, Peter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational contact; Gecko adhesion; Nanoscale adhesion; Nonlinear continuum mechanics; Nonlinear finite element methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CONTACT; GECKO ADHESION; NANOSCALE ADHESION; NONLINEAR CONTINUUM MECHANICS; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT METHODS;

ADHESION; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70350144066     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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