Contact Problems in Elasticity A Study of Variational Inequalities and Finite Element Methods

In this comprehensive treatment, two of the field's leading researchers present a systematic approach to contact problems. Using variational formulations, the authors derive a multitude of new results, both for classical problems and for nonlinear problems involving large deflections and buckling of thin plates with unilateral supports, dry friction with nonclassical laws, large elastic and elastoplastic deformations with frictional contact, dynamic contacts with dynamic frictional effects, and rolling contacts. This method exposes properties of solutions obscured by classical methods, and provides a basis for the development of powerful numerical schemes.Kikuchi, N. is the author of 'Contact Problems in Elasticity A Study of Variational Inequalities and Finite Element Methods' with ISBN 9780898714685 and ISBN 0898714680.