Toward the existence theory of non-local, non-linear evolution equations with application in peridynamics (Q2802626)

The author presents in his doctoral theses a relative new peridynamic model of elasticity expressing nonlocal effects. The equation of movement has the form NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\rho(\boldsymbol{x})\boldsymbol{y}_{tt}(\boldsymbol{x},t)- \int_{\Omega\cap B(x,\delta)}\boldsymbol{f}(\hat{\boldsymbol{x}}-\boldsymbol{x}, \boldsymbol{y}(\hat{\boldsymbol{x}},t)-\boldsymbol{y}(\boldsymbol{x},t))\,d\hat{\boldsymbol{x}}= \boldsymbol{b}(\boldsymbol{x},t),\;(\boldsymbol{x},t)\in \Omega\times(0,T)NEWLINE\]NEWLINE with initial conditions NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\boldsymbol{y}(\boldsymbol{x},0)=\boldsymbol{y}_0(\boldsymbol{x}),\;\boldsymbol{y}_t(\boldsymbol{x},0)=\boldsymbol{v}_0(\boldsymbol{x}) ,\;x\in \bar\Omega.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE The equation is expressed in an operator form with an peridynamic operator \(K:X\to X\) defined by NEWLINE\[NEWLINE(K\boldsymbol{v})(\boldsymbol{x})=\int_{\Omega\cap B(x,\delta)}\boldsymbol{f}(\hat{\boldsymbol{x}}-\boldsymbol{x}, \boldsymbol{v}(\hat{\boldsymbol{x}})-\boldsymbol{v}(\boldsymbol{x}))\,d\hat{\boldsymbol{x}},\;x\in \bar\Omega.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE The strong and weak existence theorem for the corresponding initial value problems are derived using the precise results from the existence theory for second-order ordinary differential equations in Banach spaces. A special treatment is devoted to damage problems modeled by the operator \(K\) containing the Heaviside function. The last chapter deals with Young measure value solutions in order to overcome problems with nonreflexivity of \(L^1\) spaces.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe theses represents an excellent overview on peridynamics as a new type of dynamic elasticity. The results are precisely derived with a lot of valuable historical remarks. The list of references contains 175 titles.