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Numerical methods.- Mortar-based surface-to-surface contact algorithms in large deformation solid mechanics.- From inexact active set strategies to nonlinear multigrid methods.- On a geometrical approach in contact mechanics.- On the discretization of contact problems in elastodynamics.- Mortar methods for contact problems.- Contact mechanics for analysis of fracturing and fragmenting solids in the combined finite-discrete element method.- Numerical analysis of a dynamic viscoelastic contact problem with damage.- An energy-conserving algorithm for nonlinear elastodynamic contact problems – Extension to a frictional dissipation phenomenon.- DDM-based sensitivity analysis and optimization for smooth contact formulations.- On the modeling of contact/impact problems between rubber materials.- The quadrilateral parametric contact element based on the moving friction cone formulation.- 3D beam-to-beam contact within coupled electromechanical fields: a finite element model.- A study of symbolic description, numerical efficiency and accuracy of 2D and 3D contact formulations.- Mathematical analysis.- Existence theorems for noncoercive incremental contact problems with Coulomb friction.- Local uniqueness results for the discrete friction problem.- Analysis of a class of dynamic unilateral contact problems with friction for viscoelastic bodies.- Sthenic incompatibilities in rigid bodies motion.- Study of two quasistatic viscoplastic contact problems with adhesion.- A uniqueness criterion for the Signorini problem with Coulomb friction.- Finite element/boundary element coupling for two-body elastoplastic contact problems with friction.- Contact models, results and applications.- On the numerical simulation of non-smooth, resonant vibrations of delaminated structures.- Mesoscopicparticles – a new approach for contact and friction dynamics.- On wedged configurations with Coulomb friction.- A genetic algorithm approach for wedged configurations with Coulomb friction.- Friction and contact between rough surfaces based on elastic-plastic sphere and rigid flat interaction.- TEDI (ThermoElasto-Dynamic Instability): a new mechanism for squeal & TEI.- Contact behaviour of a sliding rubber element.- Sliding friction and contact mechanics of elastomers on rough surfaces.- Unsteady rolling contact of rubber wheels.- A physicist view to tire traction.- Friction coefficient prognosis for the Grosch-wheel.- Numerical modelling of reinforced geomaterials by wires using the non smooth contact dynamics.- A unified interface constitutive law for the study of fracture and contact problems in heterogeneous materials.- Elasto-plastic contact of fractal surfaces.- A 3D study of the contact interface behavior using elastic-plastic constitutive equations.- Micromechanical analysis of deformation and temperature inhomogeneities within rough contact layers.- Micro-slip of rough surfaces under cyclic tangential loading.- Stability.- Stability of discrete systems involving shocks and friction.- On the stability of quasi-static paths of a linearly elastic system with friction.- The T.G.V. disk brake squeal.- Poster session.- Sliding path curvature dependent friction and wear.- Composition duality methods in contact mechanics.- Modeling of behaviour of the flat friction lining under the external.- The non smooth contact dynamic method: recent LMGC90 software developments and application.- Frictional contact of elastomer materials on rough rigid surfaces.- Micromechanics of internal friction stress softening and hysteresis of reinforced rubbers.- Selected contactproblems in human joints after arthroplasty.- Optimal impulsive control of dynamical system in an impact phase.- Tribometric analysis of two tribo-materials with different contact geometries–critical reflection and simulation of the results.- Solvability and limit analysis of masonry bridges.- On the treatment of inelastic material behavior in an ALE-description of rolling contact.- A formulation to define the contact surface in the 2D mortar finite element method.

<P>Contact mechanics was and is an important branch in mechanics which covers a broad field of theoretical, numerical and experimental investigations. In this carefully edited book the reader will obtain a state-of-the-art overview on formulation, mathematical analysis and numerical solution procedures of contact problems. The contributions collected in this volume summarize the lectures presented during the 4<SUP>th</SUP> Contact Mechanics International Symposium (CMIS) held in Hannover, Germany, 2005, by leading scientists in the area of contact mechanics. </P>

Carefully Edited Outcome of the Conference CMIS on Contact Mechanics held in Hannover, July 4-5, 2005