New Developments in Contact Problems

The book gives an overview on formulation, mathematical analysis and numerical solution procedures of contact problems. In this respect the book should be of value to applied mathematicians and engineers who are concerned with contact mechanics.

List of contents

Unilateral Contact: Mechanical Modelling (A. Curnier).- Contact, Friction, Discrete Mechanical Structures and Mathematical Programming (A. Klarbring).- Quasistatic Signorini Problem with Coulomb Friction and Coupling to Adhesion (M. Raous).- Finite Elements for Thermomechanical Contact and Adaptive Finite Element Analysis of Contact Problems (P. Wriggers).

About the author

§Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Wriggers studierte Bauingenieur- und Vermessungswesen, promovierte 1980 an der Universität Hannover und habilitierte 1986 im FachMechanik. Er war GastprofessoranderUCBerkeley, USA,Professor fürMechanik an der TH Darmstadt und Direktor des Darmstädter Zentrums für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen. Seit 1998 ist er Professor für Baumechanik und NumerischeMechanik sowieDirektor des Zentrums für Computational Engineering Sciences an der Universität Hannover. Er ist Mitherausgeber von internationalen Journals und Editor-in-Chief der Zeitschrift Computational Mechanics .

Product details

• Assisted by: Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos (Editor), Panatiotopoulos (Editor), Panatiotopoulos (Editor), Panagiotis Panatiotopoulos (Editor), Pete Wriggers (Editor), Peter Wriggers (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Wien
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9783211831540
• ISBN: 978-3-211-83154-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Weight: 458 g
• Illustrations: IX, 246 p.
• Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences; CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics