# Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/contact-mechanics-and-variational-inequalities/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 220,452 |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on computational contact mechanics, particularly on the modeling and numerical analysis of contact, friction, and variational inequalities in the context of finite element methods. The research addresses various aspects such as large deformation, viscoelastic materials, nonlinear dynamics, and the development of numerical algorithms for solving contact problems. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Computer Science |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T12809 |
| Works | 21,753 |

## Topic papers all

- [Geometry of Logarithmic Strain Measures in Solid Mechanics](https://scholariq.org/papers/geometry-of-logarithmic-strain-measures-in-solid-mechanics/)
- [Mixed linear complementarity formulation of discontinuous deformation analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/mixed-linear-complementarity-formulation-of-discontinuous-deformation-analysis/)
- [The exponentiated Hencky-logarithmic strain energy. Part II: Coercivity, planar polyconvexity and existence of minimizers](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-exponentiated-hencky-logarithmic-strain-energy-part-ii-coercivity-planar/)
- [A recurrent neural network with finite-time convergence for convex quadratic bilevel programming problems](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-recurrent-neural-network-with-finite-time-convergence-for-convex-quadratic/)
- [ELASTIC FOUNDATION MODEL OF ROLLING CONTACT WITH FRICTION BY FINITE ELEMENT](https://scholariq.org/papers/elastic-foundation-model-of-rolling-contact-with-friction-by-finite-element/)

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Hao Chen](https://scholariq.org/researchers/hao-chen-3/)
- [Thomas J.R. Hughes](https://scholariq.org/researchers/thomas-j-r-hughes/)
- [Ted Belytschko](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ted-belytschko/)
- [J. R. Rice](https://scholariq.org/researchers/j-r-rice/)
- [Zhigang Suo](https://scholariq.org/researchers/zhigang-suo/)
- [J. N. Reddy](https://scholariq.org/researchers/j-n-reddy/)
- [Chi‐Wang Shu](https://scholariq.org/researchers/chi-wang-shu/)
- [George H. Weiss](https://scholariq.org/researchers/george-h-weiss/)
- [S. Timoshenko](https://scholariq.org/researchers/s-timoshenko-2/)
- [R. Hill](https://scholariq.org/researchers/r-hill/)
- [O. C. Zienkiewicz](https://scholariq.org/researchers/o-c-zienkiewicz/)
- [Klaus‐Jürgen Bathe](https://scholariq.org/researchers/klaus-jurgen-bathe/)

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