Mini Symposium Details

05: Computational Contact Mechanics

• Alexander Popp, Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technical University of Munich
• Christian Hesch, Chair of Computational Mechanics, University of Siegen
• Anton Tkachuk, Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart
• Christoph Wilking, Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart

Computational contact mechanics and related disciplines have received fast-growing attention in recent years. This mini-symposium addresses the most important and active research topics in contact mechanics, including

• robust discretization methods for large deformations,
• accurate constraint enforcement techniques,
• efficient solution algorithms,
• parallel and high-performance computing,
• interface mechanics (friction, wear, adhesion, debonding, failure, etc.),
• multi-scale methods for contact,
• coupled multi-field problems,
• applications in biomechanics and bioengineering.

The aim of this mini-symposium is to provide a forum for young researchers to discuss promising developments and advances in computational contact mechanics and to give new impulses towards future research in this area.