Dynamic load balancing for large‐scale mortar contact formulations

Abstract Parallel computing plays a vital role when solving large problems in computational mechanics, which might not be tractable by serial computers. Yet, order to utilize parallel hardware effectively, appropriate balancing of the work load among all processes is crucial speed up computations and avoid waste resources. The present contribution addresses question optimal context contact with particular focus on dynamic scenarios, i.e. relative motion significant changes configuration over time. To this end, we analyze issue imbalance problems, propose strategy for demonstrate balance scalability some application‐driven test cases.