Finite Element Simulation of Stress Evolution in a Frictional Contact System

A 3-dimensional finite element algorithm for modeling nonlinear frictional contact behaviours between deformable bodies with the node-to-point contact element strategy has been proposed and applied here to investigate stress evolution processes of a nonlinear frictional contact system. The numerical results of a typical intra-plate fault bend model demonstrate the efficiency and usefulness of this algorithm.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ICCS
• Authors: H. L. Xing, Peter Mora, Akifumi Makinouchi
• Keywords: Finite Element Algorithm, Frictional Contact Behaviours, ICCS 2003, Nonlinear Frictional Contact