This document may be downloaded, read, stored and printed for your own use within the limits of § 53 UrhG but it may not be distributed via the internet or passed on to external parties.Dieses Dokument darf im Rahmen von § 53 UrhG zum eigenen Gebrauch kostenfrei heruntergeladen, gelesen, gespeichert und ausgedruckt, aber nicht im Internet bereitgestellt oder an Außenstehende weitergegeben werden.Petrov, AdrienMartins, J.A.C.2016-03-242019-06-2820100946-8633https://doi.org/10.34657/2889https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/2326The present work is dedicated to the study of numerical schemes for a viscoelastic bar vibrating longitudinally and having its motion limited by rigid obstacles at the both ends. Finite elements and finite difference schemes are presented and their convergence is proved. Finally, some numerical examples are reported and analyzed.application/pdfeng510ViscoelasticitySignorini conditionsnumerical schemevariational inequalityReport