A nonsmooth optimization approach for time-dependent hemivariational inequalities (Q6158283)

The authors deal with an initial-value problem for the evolutionary hemivariational inequality in the form \[ \langle A(u'(t)+Bu(t),w\rangle_{V^*\times V}+J_2^0(\gamma u(t),\gamma u'(t);\gamma w) \ge \langle f(t),w\rangle_{V^*\times V}\ \forall w\in V,\ u(0)=u_0 \] with the generalized directional derivative \(J_2^0\). The problem is reformulated in an integral form \[ \langle A(v(t)+B(Kv)(t),w\rangle_{V^*\times V}+J_2^0(\gamma (Kv)(t),\gamma v(t);\gamma w) \ge \langle f(t),w\rangle_{V^*\times V}\ \forall w\in V \] with the operator \(K:L^2(0,T;V)\to C([0,T];V)\), \(Kv(t)=\int_0^t v(s)\,ds + u_0.\) The fully discrete scheme for numerical solving the problem is provided and reformulated as a series of nonsmooth optimization problems. The error estimates are derived. The abstract theory is applied to a quasistatic contact problem describing a viscoelastic body in a frictional contact with a foundation. The computational results are presented.