A virtual element method for contact

authored by: P. Wriggers, W. T. Rust, B. D. Reddy
Abstract: The problem of contact between two elastic bodies is addressed computationally using the virtual element method (VEM). The use of the VEM allows the use of non-matching meshes for the two bodies, and hence obviates the need for node-to-node contact on the candidate contact interfaces. The contact constraint is imposed using either a Lagrange multiplier or penalty formulation. A number of numerical examples illustrate the robustness and accuracy of the algorithm.
Organisation(s): Institute of Continuum Mechanics
External Organisation(s): University of Cape Town (UCT)
Type: Article
Journal: Computational mechanics
Volume: 58
Pages: 1039-1050
No. of pages: 12
ISSN: 0178-7675
Publication date: 12.2016
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Computational Mechanics, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Applied Mathematics
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-016-1331-x (Access: Closed)
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