Numerical simulation of tribological devices used as a set of benchmarks for comparing contact algorithms

Patrick Chabrand (1) , Frédéric Dubois (2) , Denis Graillet (3) , Romain Boman (3) , Jean-Philippe Ponthot (3)

1 LMA - Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique [Marseille]
2 LMGC - Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil
3 LTAS - Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department [Liège]

The aim of the present study was to carry out a numerical comparison of different frictional contact algorithms. Therefore three different contact algorithms (Lemke, penalty and Augmented Lagrangian) have been implemented into two finite element codes. The correct implementation and behavior of these contact algorithms has been investigated by modeling four different tribological devices. It is shown that all these different methodologies lead to extremely similar results. Besides these four applications have been carefully described and detailed in such a way that the presented tests can be reproduced. The authors wish that they could serve as a benchmark set in order to allow comparison with other finite element software including frictional contact capabilities.

Mots clés: Friction; Numerical; Simulations; Drawbead; Deep drawing; Finite element

Domaines: Matériaux et structures en mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Matériaux et structures en mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Modélisation et simulation

Patrick Chabrand, Frédéric Dubois, Denis Graillet, Romain Boman, Jean-Philippe Ponthot. Numerical simulation of tribological devices used as a set of benchmarks for comparing contact algorithms. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2005, 41 (6), pp.637-665. ⟨10.1016/j.finel.2004.08.001⟩. ⟨hal-00580806⟩