Contact Analysis Theory
In this section:
•
Contact Search and Kinematics
•
Definition of Contact Tractions
•
Normal Contact
•
Tangential Contact with Friction
•
Unbiased Formulation and Self-Contact
•
Adhesion
•
Decohesion
•
Wear
In COMSOL Multiphysics you can model contact between a group of boundaries in 1D, 2D, or 3D. There are three classes of algorithms available: the
penalty
method, the
augmented Lagrangian
method, and the
Nitsche
method.
•
Contact Modeling
•
Documentation of the
Contact
,
Friction
,
Slip Velocity
,
Adhesion
,
Decohesion
, and
Wear
features
•
Identity and Contact Pairs
in the
COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual