Asymptotics for thin elastic fibers in unilateral contact

Unilateral Contact of Elastic Bodies (moment Theory)

Boundary contact problems of statics of the moment (couplestress) theory of elasticity are studied in the case of a unilateral contact of two elastic anisotropic nonhomogeneous media. A problem, in which during deformation the contact zone lies within the boundaries of some domain, and a problem, in which the contact zone can extend, are given a separate treatment. Concrete problems suitable fo...

Scattering Solutions in Networks of Thin Fibers: Small Diameter Asymptotics

Small diameter asymptotics is obtained for scattering solutions in a network of thin fibers. The asymptotics is expressed in terms of solutions of related problems on the limiting quantum graph Γ. We calculate the Lagrangian gluing conditions at vertices v ∈ Γ for the problems on the limiting graph. If the frequency of the incident wave is above the bottom of the absolutely continuous spectrum,...

Topology Optimization of Two Linear Elastic Bodies in Unilateral Contact

Abstract The optimal solutions are most sensitive to the boundary conditions when performing topology optimization of components. In many applications the design domain of the components are subjected to unilateral contact conditions. In order to obtain relevant conceptual designs by topology optimization of such systems, the contact conditions should be included explicitly in the optimization....

Contact instability in adhesion and debonding of thin elastic films.

Based on experiments and 3D simulations, we show that a soft elastic film during adhesion and debonding from a rigid flat surface undergoes morphological transitions to pillars, labyrinths, and cavities, all of which have the same lateral pattern length scale, lambda close to lambda/H approximately 3 for thick films, H > 1 microm . The linear stability analysis and experiments show a new thin f...

Elastic Fibers in Flows