Contact mechanics has its application in many engineering problems. No one can walk
without frictional contact, and no car would move for the same reason. Hence contact …

Frictional phenomena can be observed in almost every engineering problem and
application. An interesting application is related to the frictional behaviour of elastomers …

In this contribution, methods of computing the macroscopic tangent that is required in
multiscale volumetric homogenization problems are investigated. A condensation procedure …

This paper addresses the problem of reflection and transmission of compression waves at
the phase transition layer between the vapour and liquid phases of the same fluid. Within the …

The resultant, two-dimensional thermomechanics of shells undergoing diffusionless,
displacive phase transitions of martensitic type of the shell material is developed. In …

Indentation tests have long been a standard method for material characterization due to the
fact that they provide an easy, inexpensive, non-destructive and objective method of …

An efficient and general multiscale strategy to model rough contact and determine the
evolution of the real contact area is proposed, based on the splitting of the surface power …

Identification of elastic and plastic properties of materials from indentation tests received
considerable attention in the open literature. However, unambiguous and automatic …

A new approach is developed for computational modelling of microstructure evolution
problems. The approach combines the phase-field method with the recently-developed …

The main component of rubber friction is known to be of hysteretic nature, ie it is due to
viscoelastic energy dissipation taking place in the bulk of the material as a result of the …