“…These meshes can be then conveniently used to formulate the contact interaction. Possibilities available in the literature are (but are not limited to): node‐to‐node interaction,
3‐5 node‐to‐surface interaction,
6,7 surface‐to‐surface interaction,
8,9 and beam‐to‐beam contact
10‐13 . These strategies usually adopt the concept of so‐called contact elements, which depend on the discretization level of FEM meshes that are frequently
.…”