A new frictional time integration algorithm for large slip multi-body frictional contact problems (Q1371717)

A new frictional time integration suitable for large slip multibody frictional contact problems is presented. The algorithm is introduced within the simple context of a model problem: the sliding motion of a particle onto a rough surface. Time integration of frictional traction is performed introducing a new slip path parametrization, which is defined independently of the local surface finite element parametrization used in the spatial triangularization. The key point of the algorithm is that now, in presence of large slips, problems associated with slip motions, such that a full incremental slip path is not within a single surface element, are completely bypassed.