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Existence and Uniqueness of Weak Solutions to Frictionless-Antiplane Contact Problems

Analysis of PDEs 2024-02-06 v1

Abstract

We investigate a quasi-static-antiplane contact problem, examining a thermo-electro-visco-elastic material with a friction law dependent on the slip rate, assuming that the foundation is electrically conductive. The mechanical problem is represented by a system of partial differential equations, and establishing its solution involves several key steps. Initially, we obtain a variational formulation of the model, which comprises three systems: a hemivariational inequality, an elliptic equation, and a parabolic equation. Subsequently, we demonstrate the existence of a unique weak solution to the model. The proof relies on various arguments, including those related to evolutionary inequalities, techniques for decoupling unknowns, and certain results from differential equations.

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@article{arxiv.2402.01747,
  title  = {Existence and Uniqueness of Weak Solutions to Frictionless-Antiplane Contact Problems},
  author = {Besma Fadlia and Mohamed Dalah and Delfim F. M. Torres},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.01747},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definite form is published Open Access in 'Mathematics', at [https://doi.org/10.3390/math12030434]. Cite this paper as: Fadlia, B.; Dalah, M.; Torres, D.F.M. Existence and Uniqueness of Weak Solutions to Frictionless-Antiplane Contact Problems. Mathematics 12 (2024), no. 3, Art. 434