Contact Equations Library

Mechanical Analysis

• • Frictionless formulation

    Linear/non-linear friction Coulomb’s law (Lagrangian analysis)

    Linear/non-linear friction Norton’s law (Eulerian analysis)

Thermal Analysis

• • Heat conduction Newton’s law

  • Heat convection law as a function of the thermal gap

  • Heat convection and radiation laws with the environment

Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Analysis

• • Heat conduction law as a function of the contact pressure

  • Heat convection law as a function of the mechanical gap

  • Heat convection and radiation laws with the environment