Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method for Solving Contact, Impact and Penetration Problems

Abstract

This research presents the development of a three-dimensional theoretical and computational procedures, for contact, impact, and penetration mechanics, based on the Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) approach. In the current implementation, both velocities and velocity-gradients are interpolated independently, and their compatibility is enforced only at nodal points,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA515552

Entities

People

  • Satya N. Atluri

Organizations

  • University of California, Irvine

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Equations Of Motion
  • First Principles Calculations
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topology Optimization
  • Two Dimensional

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