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Thermomechanical contact problems
Contact problems in geophysics, with particular attention to fluid-structure interaction
Chemo-mechanical interactions at material interfaces
Contact and wear of biological systems, with focus on the role of humidity of in vivo systems
Modelling of contact in multi-phase granular materials
Contact problems in energy materials (solid-oxide fuel cells, photovoltaics, etc.)
Powder compaction
Contact and fretting fatigue
Bio-inspired interfaces: characterization and simulation
Multi-scale modelling of roughness in natural and artificially textured surfaces
Multiple control, understanding and optimization of surface phenomena (wear, adhesion, lubrication, capillarity, friction, hydrophobicity) in natural and artificial interfaces
Contact and debonding at material interfaces
Contact problems in micro- and nano-technologies
Contact problems in paper tissue or between thin bodies under large displacements
Contact between thermo-viscoelastic materials