Automation of finite element formulations for large deformation contact problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1252-1279

  Lengiewicz, Jakub ^a   Korelc, Jože ^b   Stupkiewicz, Stanisław ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Augmented Lagrangian method; Automatic differentiation; Automation; Contact smoothing; Frictional contact; Symbolic methods

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED LAGRANGIAN METHODS; AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIATIONS; CONTACT SMOOTHING; FRICTIONAL CONTACT; SYMBOLIC METHODS;

AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING; AUTOMATION; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79851501296     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3009     Document Type: Article

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