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Contact mechanics with Python. This code implements computation of contact geometry and pressure of a rigid object on a flat elastic half-space. All calculations assume small deformations; in that limit, the contact of any two objects of arbitrary geometry and elastic moduli can be mapped on that of a rigid indenter on an elastic flat.
The methods that are implemented in this code are described in various papers:
- Fast-Fourier transform (FFT) for the computation of elastic deformation of periodic substrates.
Stanley, Kato, J. Tribol. 119, 481 (1997) - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2833523
Campana, Müser, Phys. Rev. B 74, 075420 (2006) - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.075420
Pastewka, Sharp, Robbins, Phys. Rev. B 86, 075459 (2012) - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.075459
- Decoupling of images for non-periodic calculation with the FFT.
Hockney, Methods Comput. Phys. 9, 135 (1970)
Pastewka, Robbins, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 221601 (2016) - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4950802
- Fast solution of nonadhesive, hard-wall interactions.
Polonsky, Keer, Wear 231, 206 (1999) - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1648(99)00113-1
- Contact plasticity.
Weber, Suhina, Junge, Pastewka, Brouwer, Bonn, Nature Comm. 9, 888 (2018) - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02981-y
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