Discrete Coulomb friction problem: solutions stability

• ID: 2516, RIV: 10051720
• ISSN: not specified, ISBN: 978-0-7354-0831-9
• source: Numerical analysis and applied mathematics
• keywords: Coulomb friction; stability; non-smooth continuation methods
• authors: Vladimír Janovský
• authors from KNM: Janovský Vladimír

Abstract

A discrete contact problem with static Coulomb friction is considered. It is known that the problem may not have a unique solution. The aim is to investigate the solutions stability. To this end, we explore continuation (path-following) techniques for the numerical solution.