Solving a discrete contact problem via a path-following technique

• ID: 2528, RIV: 10084021
• ISSN: 0094-243X, ISBN: not specified
• source: AIP Conference Proceedings
• keywords: Coulomb friction; path-following; continuation
• authors: Vladimír Janovský
• authors from KNM: Janovský Vladimír

Abstract

A discrete contact problem with static Coulomb friction is considered. The model depends on parameters. The objective is to analyze non unique solutions. To this end, we explore continuation (path-following) techniques for the numerical solution. It turns out that singular points on the path are generically non-smooth folds.