Publications [#56623] of Tod A Laursen

Papers Published

1. Laursen, T.A. and Simo, J.C., Continuum-based finite element formulation for the implicit solution of multibody, large defromation frictional contact problems, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 36 no. 20 (1993), pp. 3451 - 3485
   (last updated on 2007/04/06)

   Abstract:
   In this paper, a formulation is presented for the finite element treatment of multibody, large deformation frictional contact problems. The term multibody is used to mean that when two bodies mechanically contact, both may be deformable. A novel aspect of the approach advocated is that the equations governing contact are developed in the continuum setting first, before deriving the corresponding finite element equations. This feature distinguishes the current work from many earlier treatments of contact problems and renders it considerably more general.

   Keywords:
   Finite element method;Deformation;