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A frictionless contact problem for viscoelastic materials
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Mathematics, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-21 (2002)
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2002.
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Abstract
- We consider a mathematical model which describes the contact between a deformable body and an obstacle, the so-called foundation. The body is assumed to have a viscoelastic behavior that we model with the Kelvin-Voigt constitutive law. The contact is frictionless and is modeled with the well-known Signorini condition in a form with a zero gap function. We present two alternative yet equivalent weak formulations of the problem and establish existence and uniqueness results for both formulations. The proofs are based on a general result on evolution equations with maximal monotone operators. We then study a semi-discrete numerical scheme for the problem, in terms of displacements. The numerical scheme has a unique solution. We show the convergence of the scheme under the basic solution regularity. Under appropriate regularity assumptions on the solution, we also provide optimal order error estimates.
- Subjects :
- Mathematics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1110757X and 16870042
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Mathematics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.848d8cb37bf2442a8026daa5047d3243
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/S1110757X02000219