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A quadratic programming method for contact problems is extended to a general problem involving contact ofn elastic bodies. Sharp results of quadratic programming theory provide an equivalence between the originaln-body contact problem and the simplex algorithm used to solve the quadratic programming problem. Two multibody examples are solved to illustrate the technique.
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Haug, E., Chand, R. & Pan, K. Multibody elastic contact analysis by quadratic programming. J Optim Theory Appl 21, 189–198 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00932519
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00932519