TY - EJOU AU - Abascal, José A. González, Ramón TI - Solving Rolling Contact Problems Using Boundary Element Method and Mathematical Programming Algorithms T2 - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences PY - 2000 VL - 1 IS - 3 SN - 1526-1506 AB - In this work an approach to the two-dimensional steady-state rolling contact problem, with and without force transmission, is presented. The problem is solved by the combination of the Boundary Element Method with a formulation of the variational inequalities that govern the problem in the contact area, producing finally a mathematical programming problem. This formulation avoids the direct use of the contact constrains, but it drives to the minimisation of a non-differentiable function, being necessary the use of an specific numerical tool as the modified Newton's method. KW - Rolling KW - Contact KW - Mathematical Programming KW - Boundary Element Method DO - 10.3970/cmes.2000.001.443