A fixed point result with applications in the study of viscoplastic frictionless contact problems

Mircea Sofonea; Cezar Avramescu; Andaluzia Matei

doi:10.3934/cpaa.2008.7.645

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2008, Volume 7, Issue 3: 645-658. Doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2008.7.645

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A fixed point result with applications in the study of viscoplastic frictionless contact problems

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Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique pour les Systèmes, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan
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Departement of Mathematics, University of Craiova, A.I. Cuza Street 13, 200585, Craiova
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Departement of Mathematics, University of Craiov, A.I. Cuza Street 13, 200585, Craiova

Received: February 28, 2007

Revised: November 30, 2007

Published: April 2008

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Let $C(\mathbb R_+;X)$ denote the Fréchet space of continuous functions defined on $\mathbb R_+=[0,\infty)$ with values on a real Banach space $(X,$ ||$\cdot$||$_X)$. We prove a fixed point theorem for operators $\Lambda:C(\mathbb R_+;X)\to C(\mathbb R_+;X)$ which satisfy a sequence of inequalities involving an integral term. Then we consider a mathematical model which describes the frictionless contact between a viscoplastic body and a deformable foundation. The process is quasistatic and is studied on the unbounded interval of time $[0,\infty)$. We provide the variational formulation of the problem, then we use the abstract fixed point theorem to prove the existence of a unique weak solution to the model. We complete our study with a regularity result.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 47H10, 46T20; Secondary: 74M15, 74C10.

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