A new contact finite element coupled with an analytical search of contact

Etienne Arnoult (1) , Isabelle Guilloteau (1) , Bernard Peseux (1) , Jérôme Bonini (2)

1 GeM - Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique
2 SNECMA Villaroche [Moissy-Cramayel]

This paper presents a new way to deal with contact within an implicit finite element code. The contact detection is realised with an analytical method using B-spline functions, and contact analysis is done with a contact element based on penalty function method using a new contact stiffness.

Mots clés: Contact element; Contact search; Newmark implicit scheme; Penalty function method; New contact stiffness; B-splines; analytical formulation

Domaines: Mécanique [physics.med-ph]; Matériaux

Etienne Arnoult, Isabelle Guilloteau, Bernard Peseux, Jérôme Bonini. A new contact finite element coupled with an analytical search of contact. ECCOMAS 2000, Sep 2000, Barcelone, Spain. ⟨hal-01007776⟩