Finite element treatment of two-dimensional thermoelastic wear problems Original Research Article

The present paper concerns the numerical treatment of thermoelastic wear problems. The governing equations of thermoelasticity coupled to Signorini contact, Coulombʹs friction and Archardʹs wear formulated as a system of discrete equations. This equation system is solved, using a Bouligand differentiable Newton method, for five problems of didactic nature.