nts</h2><div><ul><li><a href="#1">Description</a></li><li><a href="#2">Public properties</a></li><li><a href="#3">Constructor method</a></li><li><a href="#4">Public methods: implementation of super-class declarations</a></li></ul></div><h2 id="1">Description</h2><p>This is a sub-class of the <a href="ContactForceN.html">ContactForceN</a> class for the implementation of the <b>Linear Elasto-Plastic</b> normal contact force model.</p><p>This model assumes that the normal contact force has only an elastic comp