Convergence rate to elliptic variational inequalities of the second kind by relaxation method. (Q1764529)

This important paper is concentrated on the convergence rate of a relaxation method for solving a simplified friction problem formulated as a variational inequality of the second kind: \(a(u, v- u)+ j(v)- j(u)\geq L(v- u)\), \(j(v)= g \int_{\Gamma_d} |\gamma v|\,d\Gamma\) is the friction functional (proper and convex, it is also weakly semicontinuous and subdifferentiable), \(a(u, v)= \int_\Omega [\nabla u\nabla v+ uv]\,dx\), \(L(v)= \langle f, v\rangle\), \(g> 0\) is constant, \(\gamma v\) denotes the trace of \(v\) on \(\Gamma\), \(\Omega\in \mathbb{R}^2\), \(\Gamma= \partial\Omega\), \(u,v\in V= H^1(\Omega)\), \(\Gamma_d\subset \Gamma\). For the discretization of the model of the friction problem the finite element method is used. In order to solve the discrete problem, the authors propose a relaxation method. Main result: The convergence rate to a simple friction problem by the relaxation method is investigated. The convergence of this algorithm is proved and the convergence rate is obtained. Furthermore, it is shown that the convergence rate is only related to the coefficient matrix of the bilinear form, not dependent on the coefficient vector of the nondifferential term and the vector of the load force. Finally, to verify these theoretical developments several numerical results are performed.