JuliaFEM.jl/src/problems_contact.jl

# This file is a part of JuliaFEM.
# License is MIT: see https://github.com/JuliaFEM/JuliaFEM.jl/blob/master/LICENSE.md

"""

Parameters
----------
distval
    a charasteristic measure to skip element pair, 0..5 => near, 10+ => far
    5 means that distance of slave element midpoint and point to project
    is 5 times larger than length of element
"""
type Contact <: BoundaryProblem
    dimension :: Int
    rotate_normals :: Bool
    finite_sliding :: Bool
    friction :: Bool
    dual_basis :: Bool
    use_forwarddiff :: Bool
    minimum_active_set_size :: Int
    distval :: Float64
    store_fields :: Vector{AbstractString}
end

function Contact()
    default_fields = ["element area", "contact area", "weighted gap",
        "contact pressure", "active nodes", "inactive nodes", "stick nodes",
        "slip nodes", "complementarity condition", "contact error"]
    return Contact(-1, false, false, false, true, false, 0, 5.0, default_fields)
end

function get_unknown_field_name(problem::Problem{Contact})
    return "reaction force"
end

function get_formulation_type(problem::Problem{Contact})
    if problem.properties.use_forwarddiff
        return :forwarddiff
    else
        return :incremental
    end
end

function assemble!(problem::Problem{Contact}, time::Real)
    if problem.properties.dimension == -1
        problem.properties.dimension = dim = size(first(problem.elements), 1)
        info("assuming dimension of mesh tie surface is $dim")
        info("if this is wrong set is manually using problem.properties.dimension")
    end
    dimension = Val{problem.properties.dimension}
    finite_sliding = Val{problem.properties.finite_sliding}
    friction = Val{problem.properties.friction}
    use_forwarddiff = Val{problem.properties.use_forwarddiff}
    assemble!(problem, time, dimension, finite_sliding, friction, use_forwarddiff)
end

typealias ContactElements2D Union{Seg2}