IUTAM Symposium on Computational Contact Mechanics
 

Computational methods for the analysis of contact problems are under development since more than 2 decades and the finite element approximation developed as a powerful tool for industrial applications. Simultaneously with increasing computational power more and more detailed modelling of real structures, e.g. rolling wheels, metal forming processes etc., multi-physics modelling of thermo-mechanical or electro-mechanical contact as well as microscopic modelling for a deeper insight into the mechanism of friction have been developed.

However, in each of the above mentioned field there are a couple of unsolved problems which are still under investigation. Even today researchers are seeking for numerically more efficient and stable algorithms for the treatment of the nonlinearly constraint optimization problem.
Recently the so called mortar-method known from domain-decomposition has been applied successfully for contact and multi-grid solver have been developed for efficient solutions.

Aim of the symposium is to bring together research groups in computational contact mechanics from several disciplines, i.e. mechanics, physics and applied mathematics. A fruitful exchange of experience is expected on all aspects of modern methods for the analysis and solution of contact problems.

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