Download or read book IUTAM Symposium on Computational Methods in Contact Mechanics written by Peter Wriggers and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Hanover, Germany, in November 2006. Coverage includes new mathematical techniques, new discretization techniques, advanced applications of unilateral contact to masonry structures, decohesion analysis and tractive rolling of tires. The book provides a good overview of modern techniques and state-of-the-art discretizations schemes applied in contact mechanics.