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The long History of Impact Mechanics, Rolling Contact and Multibody System Dynamics
Author(s) -
Schiehlen Werner
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201710052
Subject(s) - contact mechanics , curvature , mechanics , surface (topology) , applied mechanics , plane (geometry) , torque , point (geometry) , surface roughness , contact force , classical mechanics , physics , mechanical engineering , materials science , engineering , geometry , structural engineering , mathematics , finite element method , composite material , thermodynamics
Contact mechanics is a branch of solid mechanics where two or more bodies are involved. The contacting points are characterized by a common tangential plane and a common normal vector given by the surface curvature of the bodies. Additional parameters of contact problems are the material of the bodies, the forces and torques acting on the bodies as well as their time history, location of the centers of mass and the roughness of the surface around the contact point. The classical contact problem is based on spherical bodies surfaces, linear‐elastic material, constant static loading in normal direction and smooth surfaces. The rigorous solution [1] is often used for benchmarking. More details can be found in the monographs [2, 3]. The bodies of mechanical systems in engineering applications get in contact to each other mainly by impacts, rolling or sliding, or by joints. (© 2017 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)