A FINITE ELEMENT MODEL FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THERMO-MECHANICAL FRICTIONAL CONTACT PROBLEMS

摘要

Two kinds of variational principles for numerical simulation of heat transfer and contact analyses are respectively presented. A finite element model for numerical simulation of the thermal contact problems is developed with a pressure dependent heat transfer constitutive model across the contact surface. The numerical algorithm for the finite element analysis of the thermomechanical contact problems is thus developed. Numerical examples are computed and the results demonstrate the validity of the model and algorithm developed.