In this chapter we present preliminary material from functional analysis which will be used subsequently. The results are stated without proofs, since they are standard and can be found in many references. For the convenience of the reader we summarize definitions and results on normed spaces, Banach spaces, duality, and weak topologies which are mostly assumed to be known as a basic material from functional analysis. We then recall some standard results on measure theory that will be applied repeatedly in this book. We assume that the reader has some familiarity with the notions of linear algebra and general topology.
We study a new class of elliptic variational-hemivariational inequalities in reflexive Banach spaces. An inequality in the class is governed by a nonlinear operator, a convex set of constraints and two nondifferentiable functionals, among which at least one is convex. We deliver a result on existence and uniqueness of a solution to the inequality. Next, we show the continuous dependence of the solution on the data of the problem and we introduce a penalty method, for which we state and prove a convergence result. Finally, we consider a mathematical model which describes the equilibrium of an elastic body in unilateral contact with a foundation. The model leads to a variational-hemivariational inequality for the displacement field, that we analyse by using our abstract results.
International audienceA class of variational-hemivariational inequalities is studied in this paper. An inequality in the class involves two nonlinear operators and two nondfferentiable functionals, of which at least one is convex. An existence and uniqueness result is proved for a solution of the inequality.Continuous dependence of the solution on the data is shown. Convergence is established rigorously for finite element solutions of the inequality. An error estimate is derived which is of optimal order for the linear finite element method under appropriate solution regularity assumptions. Finally, the results are applied to a variational-hemivariational inequality arising in the study of some frictional contact problems
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