Signorini接触问题的边界变分不等式

本以Signorini接触问题为背景，讨论了变分不等式与边值问题的等价性，利用Green公式，基本解和基本解法向导数的性质，将区域型变分不等式化成等价的边界型变分不等式，并证明了边界变分不等式解的存在唯一性，为使用边界元方法数值求解提供理论依据。     

Signorini边值问题与摩擦接触问题变分不等式的等价性

接触问题是固体力学领域的一个重要问题．也是工程实际中经常遇到的问题之一，而解决接触问题有多种方法．本文给出一个带摩擦的Signorini边值问题及其等价的变分不等式，并证明它们的等价性，从而可以把带摩擦的接触问题的偏微分方程通过相应变分不等式加以解决。     

Semi-smooth Newton methods for the Signorini problem

Semi-smooth Newton methods are analyzed for the Signorini problem. A proper regularization is introduced which guarantees that the semi-smooth Newton method is superlinearly convergent for each regularized problem. Utilizing a shift motivated by an augmented Lagrangian framework, to the regularization term, the solution to each regularized problem is feasible. Convergence of the regularized problems is shown and a report on numerical experiments is given.     

扰动变分不等式和扰动相补问题研究的重合指数和不动点指数方法

本文首次利用重合指数和不动点指数方法研究具单值和多值扰动的变分不等式和相补问题解的存在性问题及其解指数理论．     

Self‐adjoint singularly perturbed boundary value problems: an adaptive variational approach

This study is intended to provide a modified variational algorithm for the numerical solution of a class of self‐adjoint singularly perturbed boundary value problem, which is equally applicable to other classes of problems. The principle of the method lies in the introduction of a mixed piecewise domain decomposition and manipulating the variational iterative approach for tackling this class of problems. The uniform convergence of the technique to the exact solution is demonstrated. Numerical results, computational comparisons, suitable error measures and illustrations are provided to testify efficiently and demonstrate the convergence, efficiency and applicability of the method. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Well-posedness of mixed variational inequalities, inclusion problems and fixed point problems

We generalize the concept of well-posedness to a mixed variational inequality and give some characterizations of its well-posedness. Under suitable conditions, we prove that the well-posedness of a mixed variational inequality is equivalent to the well-posedness of a corresponding inclusion problem. We also discuss the relations between the well- posedness of a mixed variational inequality and the well-posedness of a fixed point problem. Finally, we derive some conditions under which a mixed variational inequality is well-posed. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10671135) and Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20060610005). The research of the third author was partially support by NSC 95-2221-E-110-078.     

Existence and convergence of solutions to periodic boundary value problems for Kirchhoff equations via coincidence degree method

This paper aims to investigate the existence and convergence of solutions to periodic boundary value problems for one-dimensional Kirchhoff equation. By employing analytical skills and the coincidence degree method, some new results are obtained, which enrich and generalize the previous results.     

Duality scheme for solving the semicoercive signorini problem with friction

The iterative Uzawa method with a modified Lagrangian functional is used to numerically solve the semicoercive Signorini problem with friction (quasi-variational inequality).     

A mixed hp FEM for the approximation of fourth‐order singularly perturbed problems on smooth domains

We consider fourth‐order singularly perturbed problems posed on smooth domains and the approximation of their solution by a mixed Finite Element Method on the so‐called Spectral Boundary Layer Mesh. We show that the method converges uniformly, with respect to the singular perturbation parameter, at an exponential rate when the error is measured in the energy norm. Numerical examples illustrate our theoretical findings.     

Contact problems with friction for hemitropic solids: boundary variational inequality approach

We study the interior and exterior contact problems for hemitropic elastic solids. We treat the cases when the friction effects, described by Tresca friction (given friction model), are taken into consideration either on some part of the boundary of the body or on the whole boundary. We equivalently reduce these problems to a boundary variational inequality with the help of the Steklov–Poincaré type operator. Based on our boundary variational inequality approach we prove existence and uniqueness theorems for weak solutions. We prove that the solutions continuously depend on the data of the original problem and on the friction coefficient. For the interior problem, necessary and sufficient conditions of solvability are established when friction is taken into consideration on the whole boundary.     

第二类混合变分不等式的MRM-边界元分析

本文以弹性力学中的摩擦问题为背景,采用多重互易方法(MRM方法),边界元方法,将摩擦问题中的第二类混合变分不等式化解为MRM-边界混合变分不等式,给出了MRM-边界混合变分不等式解的存在唯—性,通过引入变换将原MRM-边界混合变分不等式化解为标准的凸极值问题,采用正则化方法处理后,给出了MRM-边界混合变分不等式的迭代分解方法。文末给出了数值算例。     

On reachable set of singularly perturbed differential inclusions and optimal control problems

Asymptotic properties of reachable sets of singularly perturbed differential inclusions are given. Their applications to optimal control problems are also studied     

Lagrange Multipliers and mixed formulations for some inequality constrained variational inequalities and some nonsmooth unilateral problems

Abstract

This paper addresses a class of inequality constrained variational inequalities and nonsmooth unilateral variational problems. We present mixed formulations arising from Lagrange multipliers. First we treat in a reflexive Banach space setting the canonical case of a variational inequality that has as essential ingredients a bilinear form and a non-differentiable sublinear, hence convex functional and linear inequality constraints defined by a convex cone. We extend the famous Brezzi splitting theorem that originally covers saddle point problems with equality constraints, only, to these nonsmooth problems and obtain independent Lagrange multipliers in the subdifferential of the convex functional and in the ordering cone of the inequality constraints. For illustration of the theory we provide and investigate an example of a scalar nonsmooth boundary value problem that models frictional unilateral contact problems in linear elastostatics. Finally we discuss how this approach to mixed formulations can be further extended to variational problems with nonlinear operators and equilibrium problems, and moreover, to hemivariational inequalities.     

An adaptive least‐squares mixed finite element method for the Signorini problem

We present and analyze a least squares formulation for contact problems in linear elasticity which employs both, displacements and stresses, as independent variables. As a consequence, we obtain stability and high accuracy of our discretization also in the incompressible limit. Moreover, our formulation gives rise to a reliable and efficient a posteriori error estimator. To incorporate the contact constraints, the first‐order system least squares functional is augmented by a contact boundary functional which implements the associated complementarity condition. The bilinear form related to the augmented functional is shown to be coercive and therefore constitutes an upper bound, up to a constant, for the error in displacements and stresses in . This implies the reliability of the functional to be used as an a posteriori error estimator in an adaptive framework. The efficiency of the use of the functional as an a posteriori error estimator is monitored by the local proportion of the boundary functional term with respect to the overall functional. Computational results using standard conforming linear finite elements for the displacement approximation combined with lowest‐order Raviart‐Thomas elements for the stress tensor show the effectiveness of our approach in an adaptive framework for two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional Hertzian contact problems. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 33: 276–289, 2017     

Nonlinear eigenvalue problems for quasilinear equations in unbounded domains

We prove the existence of a solution of the nonlinear equation in IR^N and in exterior domains, respectively. We concentrate to the case when p ≥ N and the nonlinearity f(x, · ) is “superlinear” and “subcritical”.     

A mixed variational formulation for a class of contact problems in viscoelasticity

We consider a deformable body in frictionless unilateral contact with a moving rigid obstacle. The material is described by a viscoelastic law with short memory, and the contact is modeled by a Signorini condition with a time-dependent gap. The existence and uniqueness results for a weak formulation based on a Lagrange multipliers approach are provided. Furthermore, we discuss an efficient algorithm approximating the weak solution for the more general case of a two-body contact problem including friction. In order to illustrate the theory we present two numerical examples in 3D.     

Equivalence of generalized mixed complementarity and generalized mixed least element problems in ordered spaces

In this article, we derive some equivalences of generalized mixed non-linear programs, generalized mixed least-element problems, generalized mixed complementarity problems and generalized mixed variational inequality problems under certain regularity and growth conditions. We also generalize the notion of a Z-type map for point-to-set maps. Our results improve and extend recent results in the literature.     

The variational contact problem for elastic objects of different dimensions

We consider the variational free boundary problem describing the contact of an elastic plate with a thin elastic obstacle. The contact domain is unknown a priori and should be determined. The problem is described by a variational inequality for a fourth-order operator. The constraint on the displacement is given on a set of dimension less than that of the solution domain. We find the boundary conditions on the set of the possible contact and their exact statement. We justify the mixed statement of the problem and analyze the limit cases corresponding to the unbounded increase of the elasticity coefficients of the contacting bodies.     

Three solutions for some Dirichlet and Neumann nonlocal problems

This article is concerned with a class of nonlocal Dirichlet and Neumann boundary-value problems depending on two real parameters. Our approach relies on variational methods: we establish the existence of three weak solutions via a recent abstract multiplicity result by Ricceri about nonlocal problems.     

Iterative proximal regularization method for finding a saddle point in the semicoercive Signorini problem

An algorithm for seeking a saddle point for the semicoercive variational Signorini inequality is studied. The algorithm is based on an iterative proximal regularization of a modified Lagrangian functional.