2D contact smooth formulation based on the mortar method

authored by
M. Tur, E. Giner, F. J. Fuenmayor, P. Wriggers
Abstract

In this paper, we apply a smoothing technique to solve contact problems using a segment-to-segment formulation based on the mortar method. In contact smoothing the C 0 finite element description of the geometry is replaced by an improved smoothed one (usually with C 1 continuity). So far these techniques have been applied to solve contact problems based on node-to-segment interaction. Some numerical examples are solved to compare the performance of the smoothing and non-smoothing formulations. The examples show that the non-smoothed mortar formulation is improved mainly for problems with matching curved surfaces discretized with non-conforming meshes.

Organisation(s)
Institute of Continuum Mechanics
External Organisation(s)
Polytechnic University of Valencia
Type
Article
Journal
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Volume
247-248
Pages
1-14
No. of pages
14
ISSN
0045-7825
Publication date
22.08.2012
Publication status
Published
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy(all), Computer Science Applications
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2012.08.002 (Access: Unknown)
 

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