Dynamic history-dependent variational-hemivariational inequalities with applications to contact mechanics

History-dependent hemivariational inequalities with applications to Contact Mechanics

In this paper we survey some of our recent results on the existence and uniqueness of solutions to nonconvex and nonsmooth problems which arise in Contact Mechanics. The approach is based on operator subdifferential inclusions and hemivariational inequalities, and focuses on three aspects. First, we report on results on the second order history-dependent subdifferential inclusions and hemivaria...

A Class of Variational-Hemivariational Inequalities with Applications to Frictional Contact Problems

A class of variational-hemivariational inequalities is studied in this paper. An inequality in the class involves two nonlinear operators and two nondifferentiable functionals, of which at least one is convex. An existence and uniqueness result is proved for a solution of the inequality. Continuous dependence of the solution on the data is shown. Convergence is established rigorously for finite...

Regularity Results for Time-dependent Variational and Quasi-variational Inequalities with Applications to Dynamic Traffic Networks

The aim of this paper is to consider time-dependent variational and quasi-variational inequalities and to study under which assumptions the continuity of solutions with respect to the time can be ensured. Making on appropriate use of the set convergence in Mosco’s sense, we get the desiderate continuity results for strongly monotone variational and quasi-variational inequalities. The continuity...

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Advances in Variational and Hemivariational Inequalities

We consider a nonlinear Dirichlet parametric problem with discontinuous right hand side in which we have a competing effect of sub and superlinear nonlinearities. A bifurcation type result is studied when the parameter tends to zero.