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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A Space -Time Finite-Element Method for the Signorini Problem and for Viscoplasticity With Small Elastic Dilatations

Abstract

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We develop a space-time, finite-element analysis to simulate the indentation process accurately. The space-time nature of the code allows high degrees of time refinement in the region of interest immediately beneath the indenter, thus improving the computational efficiency of the simulation. The code also tracks the contact interface exactly via a node movement algorithm. We also develop a space-time, finite-element code to examine a viscoplastic material with small elastic dilatations. The flow rule and dislocation evolution equations are based upon the BCJ model of plasticity.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Pattillo, Phillip David, II
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Tortorelli, Daniel A.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3160939
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87725

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Pattillo, Phillip David, II. A Space -Time Finite-Element Method for the Signorini Problem and for Viscoplasticity With Small Elastic Dilatations. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87725