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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2013-06-01

Journal:COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、Scopus

Volume:51

Issue:6

Page Number:911-925

ISSN No.:0178-7675

Key Words:Cosserat model; Contact problem; Elastic-plastic analysis; Parametric virtual work principle; Quadratic programming

Abstract:The objective of this paper is to develop a finite element model for 3D elastic-plastic frictional contact problem of Cosserat materials. Because 3D elastic-plastic frictional contact problems belong to the unspecified boundary problems with nonlinearities in both material and geometric forms, a large number of calculations are needed to obtain numerical results with high accuracy. Based on the parametric variational principle and the corresponding quadratic programming method for numerical simulation of frictional contact problems, a finite element model is developed for 3D elastic-plastic frictional contact analysis of Cosserat materials. The problems are finally reduced to linear complementarity problems (LCP). Numerical examples show the feasibility and importance of the developed model for analyzing the contact problems of structures with materials which have micro-polar characteristics.