Computational Contact and Impact Mechanics: Fundamentals of Modeling Interfacial Phenomena in Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis

1 Introduction.- 2 Finite Element Formulations in Nonlinear Solid Mechanics.- 3 The Kinematically Linear Contact Problem.- 4 Continuum Mechanics of Large Deformation Contact.- 5 Finite Element Implementation of Contact Interaction.- 6 Tribological Complexity in Interface Constitutive Models.- 7 Energy-Momentum Approaches to Impact Mechanics.- 8 Emerging Paradigms for Contact Surface Discretization.- References.