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A Sorting Contact Detection Algorithm: Formulation and Finite Element Implementation

Petocz, Eva; Armero, Francisco

UCB/SEMM-1998/06, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1998-04, 27 pages (500/C23/98/06)

The report describes the formulation and numerical implementation of a contact detection algorithm for multi-body contact problems in the context of the finite element method. A contact algorithm for two dimensional contact - impact problems is enhanced by the addition of a sorting algorithm.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-98-06.pdf (1 MB)