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Determination of the Normal Contact Stiffness and Integration Time Step for the Finite Element Modeling of Bristle-Surface Interaction

Libardo V. Vanegas-Useche¹, Magd M. Abdel-Wahab^2,3,4,*, Graham A. Parker⁵

1 Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Pereira 660003, Colombia.
2 Division of Computational Mechanics, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
3 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
4 Soete Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Technologiepark Zwijnaarde 903, Zwijnaarde B-9052, Belgium.
5 Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey. Guildford, UK.

* Corresponding Author: Magd M. Abdel-Wahab. Email: ; .