A new class of elliptic quasi-variational-hemivariational inequalities for fluid flow with mixed boundary conditions.

In this paper we study a class of quasi-variational-hemivariational inequalities in reflexive Banach spaces. The inequalities contain a convex potential, a locally Lipschitz superpotential, and a implicit obstacle set of constraints. Solution existence and compactness of the solution set to the inequality problem are established based on the Kakutani–Ky Fan fixed point theorem. The applicability of the results is illustrated by the steady-state Oseen model of a generalized Newtonian incompressible fluid with mixed boundary conditions. The latter involve a unilateral boundary condition, the Navier slip condition, a nonmonotone version of the nonlinear Navier-Fujita slip condition, and a generalization of the threshold slip and leak condition of frictional type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]