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Title:

Computational contact mechanics based on the rp-version of the Finite Element Method

Author(s):
Franke, D.; Duester, A.; Rank, E.
Abstract:
In this paper we present an rp-adaptive discretization strategy to perform unilateral two-dimensional mechanical contact simulations by combining the r and p-version of the finite element method (FEM). The p-version leaves the finite element mesh unchanged and increases the shape function's polynomial degree in order to obtain convergence towards the exact solution of the underlying mathematical model. The r-method relocates nodes of an existing FE-mesh to improve the discretization of a given p...     »
Keywords:
Contact mechanics; penalty method; high-order FEM; p-version; r-version; rp-method
Journal title:
International Journal of Computational Methods
Year:
2011
Journal volume:
8
Month:
September
Journal issue:
3
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