The purpose of this session is to bring together researchers who successfully develop techniques for solving Multi-Body Systems problems with contact in order to exchange ideas for improving the knowledge on the Simulation of Multi-Body Systems. Submissions presenting novel developments and critical reviews are invited for this session.

Main items:

• Time evolution: time stepping , event driven, adaptative methods.
• Time integration : explicit, implicit, Xfem, variational methods, convergence problems.
• Constitutive models : rigid, deformable, couplings.
• Contact detection methods.

Please note that papers that are found to fall outside the scope of this session may be considered for other sessions.