Contact is ubiquitous and often unavoidable and yet modeling contacting systems continues
to stretch the limits of available computational tools. In part this is due to the unique hurdles …

We present an algorithm to efficiently and robustly process collisions, contact and friction in
cloth simulation. It works with any technique for simulating the internal dynamics of the cloth …

The purpose of this work is twofold. First, we demonstrate analytically that the classical
Newmark family as well as related integration algorithms are variational in the sense of the …

In this paper, an innovative numerical modeling strategy for the structural analysis of
historical monumental buildings is presented. The strategy is based on a procedure that …

The purpose of this paper is to survey some recent advances in variational integrators for
both finite dimensional mechanical systems as well as continuum mechanics. These …

We consider the simulation of nonconvex rigid bodies focusing on interactions such as
collision, contact, friction (kinetic, static, rolling and spinning) and stacking. We advocate …

Moving interfaces between media play an important role in technological and natural
processes. The development of methods for solving problems with moving interfaces is one …

Using basic physical arguments, we present a design and method for the fabrication of
microfluidic valves using multilayer soft lithography. These on-off valves have extremely low …

We consider variationally consistent discretization schemes for mechanical contact
problems. Most of the results can also be applied to other variational inequalities, such as …

The purpose of this paper is to review and further develop the subject of variational
integration algorithms as it applies to mechanical systems of engineering interest. In …