A stable 3D contact formulation using X-FEM
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https://doi.org/10.13052/REMN%20162007Keywords:
X-FEM, adhesive contact, 3DAbstract
This paper presents a 3D non-locking contact approach, within the eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM) framework. X-FEM allows one to introduce interface independently of the mesh. The contact problem on the interface leads to an Augmented Lagrangian formulation derived from the discretization of its continuous formulation. It is shown that a simple choice of the Lagrange multiplier space is not suitable and leads to contact pressure oscillations. An algorithm for the restriction of the Lagrange multiplier approximation space is proposed to stabilize the formulation. The stability of the mixed displacement-contact pressure formulation is discussed in terms of convergence of the energy error. Numerical examples performed with the Finite Element software Code_Aster illustrate this approach while solving three-dimensional problems with contact.
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