A Robin domain decomposition algorithm for contact problems: Convergence results

Abstract

In this paper, we propose and study a Robin domain decomposition algorithm to approximate a frictionless unilateral problem between two elastic bodies. Indeed this algorithm combines, in the contact zone, the Dirichlet and Neumann boundaries conditions (Robin boundary condition). The primary feature of this algorithm is the resolution on each sub-domain of variational inequality. © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.