Convergence and Optimization Results for a History-dependent Variational Problem
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Nonlinear evolution equations (47J35) Variational inequalities (49J40) Contact in solid mechanics (74M15) Friction in solid mechanics (74M10) Unilateral problems for nonlinear PDEs of mixed type and variational inequalities with nonlinear partial differential operators of mixed type (35M86) Unilateral problems for mixed-type systems of PDEs and systems of variational inequalities with partial differential operators of mixed type (35M87)
Abstract: We consider a mixed variational problem in real Hilbert spaces, defined on on the unbounded interval of time and governed by a history-dependent operator. We state the unique solvability of the problem, which follows from a general existence and uniqueness result obtained in our previous paper. Then, we state and prove a general convergence result. The proof is based on arguments of monotonicity, compactness, lower semicontinuity and Mosco convergence. Finally, we consider a general optimization problem for which we prove the existence of minimizers. The mathematical tools developed in this paper are useful in the analysis of a large class of nonlinear boundary value problems which, in a weak formulation, lead to history-dependent mixed variational problems. To provide an example, we illustrate our abstract results in the study of a frictional contact problem for viscoelastic materials with long memory.
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