Provides a comprehensive mathematical framework for modeling contact problems in engineering and the sciences.
Covers a wide range of contact problems, including frictionless and frictional contact, unilateral and bilateral contact, and contact between deformable and rigid bodies.
Presents a unified variational formulation of contact problems, which allows for the development of powerful numerical methods for their solution.
Includes numerous examples and exercises to illustrate the theory and its applications.
* Written by a leading expert in the field of contact mechanics.