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    Contact mechanics is the study of the deformation of solids that touch each other at one or more points. A central distinction in contact mechanics is...
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  • Contact mechanics is the study of the deformation of solids that touch each other at one or more points. This can be divided into compressive and adhesive...
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  • electrical contact resistance (ECR) and its variation at an interface relate primarily to surface structure and applied load (Contact mechanics). Surfaces...
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  • placed on the eye Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects Contact juggling Contact mechanics, the study of solid...
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    the equations of contact mechanics. It is mainly related to the stiffness of the material in terms of Young's modulus. The contact patch of a railroad...
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    The third medium contact (TMC) is an implicit formulation for contact mechanics. Contacting bodies are embedded in a highly compliant medium (the third...
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    contact theory in addition to the JKR theory. Both the DMT and the JKR theories form the basis of contact mechanics upon which all transition contact...
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  • Continuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that deals with the deformation of and transmission of forces through materials modeled as a continuous medium...
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    for example.) Contact mechanics Contact resistance Zhai, C.; Hanaor, D.; Proust, G.; Gan, Y. (2015). "Stress-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at...
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  • In contact mechanics, the term unilateral contact, also called unilateral constraint, denotes a mechanical constraint which prevents penetration between...
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  • Fluid mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the mechanics of fluids (liquids, gases, and plasmas) and the forces on them.: 3  It has applications...
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  • In mechanics, strain is defined as relative deformation, compared to a reference position configuration. Different equivalent choices may be made for...
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  • as force per unit area, generally a measurement of pressure, which in mechanics corresponds to stress. The pascal and therefore elasticity have the dimension...
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  • com/gabyx/Woodpecker. Multibody dynamics Contact mechanics: Applications with unilateral contacts and friction. Static applications (contact between deformable bodies)...
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    using the methods of mechanics. Biomechanics is a branch of biophysics. Today computational mechanics goes far beyond pure mechanics, and involves other...
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  • displaces. Archimedes' principle is a law of physics fundamental to fluid mechanics. It was formulated by Archimedes of Syracuse. In On Floating Bodies, Archimedes...
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    mechanics is the field of mechanics concerned with the study of the propagation of cracks in materials. It uses methods of analytical solid mechanics...
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    (2015). "Stress-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at Fractal Rough Surfaces" (PDF). Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 143 (3): B4015001. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EM...
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    bonding Bacterial adhesin Capillary action Cell adhesion Contact mechanics Fracture mechanics Galling Insect adhesion Meniscus Mucoadhesion Pressure-sensitive...
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    molecules inside, which is a quantity small enough to require a quantum mechanics analysis. Because surface tension manifests itself in various effects...
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  • fluid mechanics, acoustics, electromagnetics (where the technique is known as method of moments or abbreviated as MoM), fracture mechanics, and contact mechanics...
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  • Solid mechanics (also known as mechanics of solids) is the branch of continuum mechanics that studies the behavior of solid materials, especially their...
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    In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that describes forces present during deformation. For example, an object being pulled apart, such...
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    rolling bearings, to controlled rolling and sliding contact under lubricated conditions. Contact mechanics – Study of the deformation of solids that touch...
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    the contact mechanics exhibited at an interface in terms of friction and contact stiffness. When two macroscopically smooth surfaces come into contact, initially...
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  • angular momentum, conservation of energy. The study of fluids is fluid mechanics, which is subdivided into fluid dynamics and fluid statics depending on...
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  • Bearing pressure (category Solid mechanics)
    is a particular case of contact mechanics often occurring in cases where a convex surface (male cylinder or sphere) contacts a concave surface (female...
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    relations. This is different from what one normally sees in classical mechanics, where solutions are typically trajectories of position of a particle...
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  • stationarity principles governing mechanics, such as the D'Alembert's principle, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian formulations of mechanics. Émilie du Châtelet (1706–1749)...
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    modeling of the mechanics of materials and structures. He is a full professor and the director of the Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory at the...
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