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Non‐localized Contact Between Beams with Non‐Circular Cross Sections
Author(s) -
Magliulo Marco,
Zilian Andreas,
Beex Lars
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201900029
Subject(s) - focus (optics) , kinematics , cross section (physics) , beam (structure) , finite element method , line (geometry) , contact area , geometry , physics , optics , structural engineering , engineering , mathematics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics
In this contribution, we introduce a contact formulation between beams finite elements with (hyper)elliptical cross sections. The contact scheme allows to model scenarios in which the contact area is finite or the contact area occurs along a line. Although some contact schemes are yet able to do this, they require one of the beams to have a circular cross section [1, 2]. Here however, we focus on non‐circular cross‐sections. Consequently, new projections are required, in which the beam surfaces are used explicitly to formulate contact kinematics.