Analysis of electroelastic frictionless contact problems with adhesion

DOI10.1155/JAM/2006/64217MaRDI QIDQ2472034zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Rachid Arhab, Raafat Tarraf, Mircea Sofonea

Publication date 20 February 2008

Published in Journal of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/54446

normal compliance Signorini conditions time-dependent variational inequalities unique weak solution

Variational inequalities (49J40) Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics (74F15) Existence of solutions of dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H20) Uniqueness of solutions of dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H25) Contact in solid mechanics (74M15)

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Summary: We consider two quasistatic frictionless contact problems for piezoelectric bodies. For the first problem the contact is modelled with Signorini's conditions, and for the second one is modelled with normal compliance. In both problems the material's behavior is electroelastic, and the adhesion of the contact surfaces is taken into account and is modelled with a surface variable, the bonding field. We provide variational formulations for the problems and prove the existence of a unique weak solution to each model. The proofs are based on arguments of time-dependent variational inequalities, differential equations, and fixed point. Moreover, we prove that the solution of the Signorini contact problem can be obtained as the limit of the solution of the contact problem with normal compliance as the stiffness coefficient of the foundation converges to infinity.

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