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Computational Contact Formulations for Soft Body Adhesion

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This article gives an overview of adhesive contact for soft bodies and focuses on a general computational framework that is suitable for treating a large class of adhesion problems. The contact formulation is based on a non-linear continuum approach that is capable of describing bodies down to length scales of several nanometers. Several finite element formulations are presented, that introduce various approximations in order to increase the computational efficiency. The approaches are illustrated by several examples throughout the text. These include carbon nanotube interaction, adhesion of spheres, nanoindentation, thin film peeling, gecko adhesion and self-cleaning surface mechanisms.

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Sauer, R.A. (2012). Computational Contact Formulations for Soft Body Adhesion. In: Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19373-6_2

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