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THERMOMECHANICS<\/span> – Connecting continuum mechanics and thermodynamics of materials using frame-indifferent constitutive relations restricted by the second law of thermodynamics, and physically and mathematically described using differential geometry (OUR DEFINITION)<\/span><\/p>\n

IN OTHER WORDS … <\/span>We’ve never met a contact system we didn’t like.<\/p>\n

THE LABORATORY<\/span> – Makes use of experiments and analytical models for materials in the areas of continuum mechanics to solve real-world engineering problems. Tribological problems related to contact mechanics and dissipative processes are also of special interest.<\/p>\n

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