MS PROPOSAL - file also attached CONTACT AND INTERFACE MECHANICS M. RAOUS*, P. WRIGGERS†, M. PUSO††, G. ZAVARISE††† * Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics - CNRS, Aix-Marseille Univ, Centrale Marseille 4 impasse Nikola Tesla, F-13453 Marseille Cedex 13 - France raous@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr † Institut of Continuum Mechanics - Leibniz Universität Hannover An der Universität 1, D-30823 Garbsen - Germany wriggers@ikm.uni-hannover.de †† Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 8000 East Avenue, CA-94550 Livermore - USA puso1@llnl.gov ††† Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering - Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Torino - Italy giorgio.zavarise@polito.it ABSTRACT Interfaces play a fundamental role in many mechanics problems. Although a lot of progress has been achieved, the research field is still growing and diversifies in many directions. This session is devoted to recent developments on the various aspects of contact and interface mechanics: • Interface behavior: unilateral contact, friction, adhesion, viscosity, fretting, wear, peeling, debonding, rolling contact, biomechanics, fluid flow in contact interface. • Computational models: multilevel approaches (molecular and nano-micro-macro models), multi-physics (thermo, piezo, etc.), coupled multi-field formulations, fractal surface characterization, homogenization, bi-potential. • Computational methods: fast solvers, multi-grid, isogeometric analysis, NURBS, contact detection, contact discretization. • Dynamics of structures and of rigid bodies, instabilities. • Mathematical progress. • Industrial applications involving interface and contact conditions. Besides presentations of new results and new contributions to the understanding of contact mechanics, this session will provide an opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas on the various topics related to contact mechanics in science and engineering. REFERENCES [1] A. Popp and P. Wriggers (Eds.), Contact Modeling for Solids and Particles, CISM Courses and Lectures, vol. 585, Springer, Wien, 2018. [2] M. Raous, The Art of Modelling in Contact Mechanics, in F. Pfeiffer, H. Bremer, (Eds.), CISM Courses and Lectures, vol. 570, Springer, Wien, 2017, 203-276. [3] P. Wriggers, Computational Contact Mechanics, Springer, 2nd Edition, Heidelberg, 2010.