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Contents 

STATE OF THE ART SURVEY

• Contactor and target bodies
  
• Contact Force/Deflection Relationships
  
• Implementation of Contact/Sliding Conditions
  
• Contact Monitoring
  
• Contact Constraints
  
• Friction Force Calculations
  
  

STATE OF COMMERCIAL CODES

• Contact and Friction Approaches
  
• Node-to-Node Approach (Gap Elements)
  
• Node-to-Surface Approach
  
• Comments General to Both Node-to-Node and Node-to-Surface Approaches
  
• Explicit Codes for Contact/Impact Analysis
  
  

INDUSTRIAL NEEDS 

• Questionnaire
  
• Personal communications from members of the Non-linear Working Group Committee
  

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH AND CODE DEVELOPMENT

SUGGESTIONS FOR CONTACT AND FRICTION BENCHMARKING

• Benchmark Objectives
  
• List of Existing Tests with Potential for Development into Benchmarks
  

CONCLUDING REMARKS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX