First order finite element formulations for third medium contact

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer104552
Seiten (von - bis)829-845
Seitenumfang17
FachzeitschriftComputational mechanics
Jahrgang76
Ausgabenummer3
Frühes Online-Datum24 Apr. 2025
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Sept. 2025

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Third medium contact can be applied in situations where large deformations occur and self-contact is possible. This specific discretization technique has the advantage that the inequality constraint, inherent in contact formulations, is circumvented. The approach has several applications, like soft robotic or topology optimization. Recent approaches have been explored, using the gradient of the deformation measure to improve algorithmic performance. However, these methods typically require quadrilateral or hexahedral finite elements with quadratic shape functions, adding to their complexity. Also, the computation of second order gradients using quadratic triangular or tetrahedral elements does not lead to reasonable results since these gradients are constant at element level. In this paper, we apply a new regularization technique to triangular and tetrahedral finite elements of lowest ansatz order that approximates the gradient computations and thus reduces computational complexity.

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First order finite element formulations for third medium contact. / Wriggers, P.; Korelc, J.; Junker, Ph.
in: Computational mechanics, Jahrgang 76, Nr. 3, 104552, 09.2025, S. 829-845.

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Wriggers P, Korelc J, Junker P. First order finite element formulations for third medium contact. Computational mechanics. 2025 Sep;76(3):829-845. 104552. Epub 2025 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s00466-025-02628-y
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