Robust explicit computational developments and solution strategies for impact problems involving friction

The present study describes new explicit computational developments in conjunction with finite element formulations for impact problems which led to the derivation of a new conjugate gradient based explicit solution strategy for effectively solving the linear complementary equations. Based on the motivation for providing effective computational procedures for vectorization and parallel computations, the proposed developments provide a fundamentally sound and robust theoretical basis and also suited for impact problems involving frictional contact on high speed computing environments.