Weak solutions to joined nonlinear systems of PDEs (Q5955840)

Existence and uniqueness results are formulated for a system of nonlinear partial differential equations whose coefficients are nonsmooth. The considered system is the Landau-Ginzburg model which describes the first-order martensitic phase transitions in thin rods of shape memory alloys (SMA). The two equations of the system represent the balance of momentum and the balance of energy for that case when a finite number of thin rods of different SMAs are joined together. It is assumed that there is no heat flux through the joints. The nonviscous problem, reglarity of the weak solutions and the different types of the boundary conditions are also discussed.