A new efficient numerical method for contact mechanics of rough surfaces

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 338-343

  Putignano, C ^a   Afferrante, L ^a   Carbone, G ^a   Demelio, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesionless contact; Green's function; Rough surfaces

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MESHES; ANALYTICAL THEORY; BOUNDARY ELEMENTS; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT INTERFACE; CONTACT MECHANICS; DOMAIN OF INTEGRATION; EFFICIENT NUMERICAL METHOD; ELASTIC PROBLEMS; FLAT SUBSTRATES; FRACTAL SURFACES; MEMORY SAVINGS; NUMERICAL CONVERGENCE; RIGID SURFACES; ROUGH SURFACES; SELF-AFFINE FRACTALS; SPECTRAL METHODS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FRACTALS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 81755165784     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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