Analysis of an Antiplane Contact Problem with Adhesion for Electro-Viscoelastic Materials
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M. Sofonea
University of Perpignan, France
L. Chouchane
Universit´e Ferhat Abbas-S´etif, Alg´erie
L. Selmani
Universit´e Ferhat Abbas-S´etif, Alg´erie
Published 2008-07-25
https://doi.org/10.15388/NA.2008.13.3.14563
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Keywords

antiplane shear
electro-viscoelastic material
contact process
adhesion
fixed point
weak solution

How to Cite

Sofonea, M., Chouchane, L. and Selmani, L. (2008) “Analysis of an Antiplane Contact Problem with Adhesion for Electro-Viscoelastic Materials”, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, 13(3), pp. 379–395. doi:10.15388/NA.2008.13.3.14563.

Abstract

We consider a mathematical model which describes the antiplane shear deformation of a cylinder in frictionless contact with a rigid foundation. The adhesion of the contact surfaces, caused by the glue, is taken into account. The material is assumed to be electro-viscoelastic and the foundation is assumed to be electrically conductive. We derive a variational formulation of the model which is given by a system coupling an evolutionary variational equality for the displacement field, a time-dependent variational equation for the electric potential field and a differential equation for the bonding field. Then we prove the existence of a unique weak solution to the model. The proof is based on arguments of evolution equations with monotone operators and fixed point.

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