Solid Mechanics and Its Applications

Preface. Third Contact Mechanics International Symposium. Part 1: Dynamics and impact. Numerical dynamics of granular materials; J.J. Moreau. Measurements of impacts with friction; F. Pfeiffer. Formulation and well-posedness of unilateral multibody dynamics; P. Ballard. Collisions in systems made of rigid bodies; E. Dimnet. Impacts with global dissipation index at reentrant corners; C. Glocker. Understanding impact through continuous medium vibrations; L. Paoli, M. Schatzman. Solving rocking block problems with multiple impacts; C. Yilmaz, Y. Hurmuzlu. A controllability criterion for linear juggling mechanical systems; B. Brogliato, et al. On integrating stiff multibody dynamics with contact and friction; M. Anitescu, F.A. Potra. Analysis of systems with multiple frictional contacts; A.P. Ivanov. 2: Instabilities, oscillations and waves. Initiation of friction instability on a plane fault system; I.R. Ionescu, et al. An example of stick-slip waves; F. Moirot, Q.-S. Nguyen. Longitudinal waves in elastic rods with discontinuous cross sections; W. Schiehlen, et al. The influence of contact properties on friction-induced brake vibrations; M. Rudolph, K. Popp. Analysis of eigenvalue problems modelling friction: sufficient conditions of non-uniqueness for the elastic equilibrium; R. Hassani, et al. 3: Contact models, results and applications. Adhesion of viscoelastic spherical solids; K.L. Johnson, J.A. Greenwood. A model of adhesion added to contact with friction; C. Talon, A. Curnier. Phenomenological model of friction accounting for subsurface plastic deformation in metal forming; S. Stupkiewicz, Z. Mroz. Thermoelastic instabilities in automotive disc brakes -- finite element analysis and experimental verification; Y.-B. Yi, et al. Friction coefficient evolution during wear tests related to infrared emission; N. Stalin, J.C. Eytard. A contact formulation for electrical and mechanical resistance; G. Zavarise, et al. The real area of contact -- a combination of experimental and numerical approaches; F. Bucher, R.S. Dwyer-Joyce. Prediction of wheel wear for rail vehicles -- methodology and verification; T. Jendel, M. Berg. Multi-body modeling of paper calendering unit by contact dynamics for formulation; E. Keskinen, et al. 4: Mathematical analysis. Existence and uniqueness for quasistatic contact problems with friction; L.-E. Andersson, A. Klarbring. Augmented lagrangian methods for a class of nonconvex contact problem in structural mechanics; W.R. Bielski, et al. Approximation in quasitatic Signorini problems with local friction by a mixed method; M. Cocou, R. Rocca. A beam in adhesive contact; W. Han, et al. Coulomb fluid-solid interface law in lubrication; G. Bayada, M. Boukrouche. Elastodynamic friction problem with a "surface inertia" perturbation; J.-C. Paumier, Y. Renard. Solvability of thermo-viscoelastic contact problem with Coulomb friction and nonlinear heat conductivity; J. Ahn, D.E. Stewart. Convergence for a time discretization of dynamic contact problems with friction; E. Pratt, J.-M. Ricaud. Solution methods for structural optimization in contact rod problems; I.N. Figueiredo, et al. 5: Numerical methods. Unilateral contact, friction and adhesion: 3D cracks in composite materials; M. Raous, Y. Monerie. The unilateral frictional contact of a piezoelectric body with a rigid support; P. Bisegna, et al. Contact between 3D beams with rectangular cross-sections; P. Litewka, P. Wriggers. Algorithms for thermoelastic wear problems; P. Ireman, et al. Convergence studies for 3D smooth frictional contact elements based on the quartic Bezier surfaces; L. Krstulovic-Opara, P. Wriggers. Multicontact structures and parallel computing; P. Alart, M. Barboteu. A new approach to the 2D transient rolling contact problem; J.A. Gonzalez, R. Abascal. Numerical approximation of the elastic-viscoplastic contact problem using noncoinciding finite elements meshes; J.R. Fernandez-Garcia, et al. Contact in the Arlequin framework; H.B. Dhia, M. Zarroug. Appendix A. Scientific program of the Third Contact Mechanics International Symposium. Appendix B. List of participants in the Third Contact Mechanics International Symposium.