My Research, Publications and Presentations

Interests

Mechanics of Rigid and Deformable Bodies, Linear and Nonlinear Complementarity Problems, Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Modeling

Publications

• Fractional Index Convolution Complementarity Problems (PDF), Stewart, D.E. and Wendt, Theodore J. Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 124-134 (2007).

Papers in Preparation

• Frictionless Dynamic Contact with Mixed Position-Velocity Complementarity, Wendt, Theodore J. and Stewart, David E.  Submitted to SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, May 2012
• Dynamic Frictional Contact with Mixed Position-Velocity Complementarity, Wendt, Theodore J.  Submitted to Electronic Journal of Partial Differential Equations, June 2012
• Has Membership in GATT/WTO Increased Trade? Determining the Effects of GATT/WTO Membership on Trade, Wendt, Theodore J, Wendt, Julia, and Leach, Raymond
• The 24-Hour Mathematical Modeling Challenge, Wendt, Theodore J. and Galluzzo, Bemjamin

Presentations

• An Intuitive Approach to Collision Modeling Using Complementarity
• Energy Balance for Dynamic Contact with Signorini’s Condition and Slip Rate Dependent Friction (PDF)
• Using the Wave Equation to Describe Impacts: Elasticity in Collisions Using Complementarity (PDF)

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