This text provides a complete introduction to the theory of variational inequalities with emphasis on contact mechanics. It covers existence, uniqueness and convergence results for variational inequalities, including the modelling and variational analysis of specific frictional contact problems with elastic, viscoelastic and viscoplastic materials. New models of contact are presented, including contact of piezoelectric materials. Particular attention is paid to the study of history-dependent quasivariational inequalities and to their applications in the study of contact problems with unilateral constraints. The book fully illustrates the cross-fertilisation between modelling and applications on the one hand and nonlinear mathematical analysis on the other. Indeed, the reader will gain an understanding of how new and nonstandard models in contact mechanics lead to new types of variational inequalities and, conversely, how abstract results concerning variational inequalities can be applied to prove the unique solvability of the corresponding contact problems.

A complete introduction to the modelling and mathematical analysis of contact processes with deformable solids.

About the Author
Mircia Sofonea is Full Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Perpignan (France), Director of the Laboratory of Mathematics and Physics (LAMPS) at the same university and Member of Honour of the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy of Sciences. Andaluzia Matei is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Craiova (Romania).


Book Information
ISBN 9781107606654
Author Mircea Sofonea
Format Paperback
Page Count 293
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 420g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 15mm