Discontinuous Deformation Analysis Coupling with Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods for Contact Simulations

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2016/6217679/figures/6217679.fig.002a.svgz" name="6217679.fig.002a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Stacked three blocks and the implemented meshes</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2016/6217679/figures/6217679.fig.002b.svgz" name="6217679.fig.002b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Structure of the stiffness matrix</td></tr></table>

<div>The structure of the stiffness matrix of IPG-DDA global simultaneous equilibrium equations in the case of three blocks.</div>

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Figure 2: Discontinuous Deformation Analysis Coupling with Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods for Contact Simulations 