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Surface Smoothing Procedures in Computational Contact Mechanics

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This work addresses the problems arising in the finite element simulation of contact problems undergoing large deformation. The frictional contact problem is formulated in the continuum framework, introducing the interface laws for the normal and tangential stress components in the contact area. The variational formulation is presented, considering different methods to enforce the contact constraints. The spatial discretization within the finite element method is applied, as well as the temporal discretization required to solve the three sources of nonlinearities: geometric, material and frictional contact. The discretization of contact surfaces is discussed in detail, including different surface smoothing procedures. This numerical strategy allows to solve the difficulties associated with the discontinuities in the contact surface geometry introduced by finite element discretization, which leads to nonphysical oscillations of the contact force for large sliding problems. The geometrical accuracy of different interpolation methods is evaluated, paying particular attention to the Nagata patch interpolation recently proposed. In this framework, the Node-to-Nagata contact elements are developed using the augmented Lagrangian method to regularize the variational frictional contact problem. The techniques used to search for contact in case of large deformations are discussed, including self-contact phenomena. Several numerical examples are presented, comprising both the contact between deformable and rigid obstacles and the contact between deformable bodies. The results show that the accuracy and robustness of the numerical simulations is improved when the contact surface is smoothed with Nagata patches.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) via the project PTDC/EMS-TEC/1805/2012. The first author is also grateful to the FCT for the postdoctoral Grant SFRH/BPD/101334/2014.

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Neto, D.M., Oliveira, M.C. & Menezes, L.F. Surface Smoothing Procedures in Computational Contact Mechanics. Arch Computat Methods Eng 24, 37–87 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-015-9159-7

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