We study a new class of elliptic variational-hemivariational inequalities in a reflexive Banach space. Based on a surjectivity result for an operator inclusion of Clarke's subdifferential type, we prove existence of solution. Then, we apply this result to a mathematical analysis of the steady Oseen model for a generalized Newtonian incompressible fluid. A variational-hemivariational inequality for the flow problem is derived and sufficient conditions for existence of weak solutions are obtained. The mixed boundary conditions involve a unilateral boundary condition, the Navier slip condition, a nonmonotone version of the nonlinear Navier-Fujita slip condition, and the threshold slip and leak condition of frictional type.
K E Y W O R D Sfrictional type boundary condition, generalized Newtonian fluid, leak, operator inclusion, Oseen model, slip, unilateral boundary condition 2 0 1 0 M A In this paper we introduce and analyse a new class of operator inclusions of subdifferential type and a corresponding class of elliptic variational-hemivariational inequalities in a reflexive Banach space. Our main goal is to provide existence results to these classes of problems, and apply them to examine the stationary flow Oseen model of generalized Newtonian fluid described by equations − Div + ( ⋅ ∇) + ∇ = in Ω, div = 0 in Ω