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Title:
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Numerical modelling of contact problems in dynamics

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Organizers:
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Professeur Patrick Le Tallec
Département de Mécanique
Ecole Polytechnique, F 91 128 Palaiseau Cedex
mel: patrick.letallec at polytechnique.fr
tel: +(33)1 69 33 33 58 mob: (33)6 80 56 02 35

J. Martins 
jmartins@civil.ist.utl.pt

Tod A. Laursen
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Duke University
Hudson Annex Room 166, Box 90287
Durham, NC 27708-0287
Phone:  919-660-5430
FAX: 919-660-5509 

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Minisymposium description:
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Numerical simulation of contact problems in dynamics faces new challenges because of an increasing 
demand on  accuracy and physical relevance.  for problems involving penetration, sliding, rolling or 
friction. Topics of the minisymposia will include

- energy conservation in numerical integration schemes
- treatment of contact in explicit schemes
- beyond's coulomb's law
- multiscale modelling in particular in situations involving localized heating, or microrugosities.

Confirmed participants include scientists from Michelin and from the French Atomic Commission.