Instability, nonexistence, and uniqueness in elasticity with porous dissipation.
Mathematical formulation of fluid-structure interaction problems
Mathematical modelling of cable stayed bridges: existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence on data, homogenization of cable systems
A model of a cable stayed bridge is proposed. This model describes the behaviour of the center span, the part between pylons, hung on one row of cable stays. The existence, the uniqueness of a solution of a time independent problem and the continuous dependence on data are proved. The existence and the uniqueness of a solution of a linearized dynamic problem are proved. A homogenizing procedure making it possible to replace cables by a continuous system is proposed. A nonlinear dynamic problem connected...
Mathematical study of an evolution problem describing the thermomechanical process in shape memory alloys
In this paper we prove existence, uniqueness, and continuous dependence for a one-dimensional time-dependent problem related to a thermo-mechanical model of structural phase transitions in solids. This model assumes the free energy depending on temperature, macroscopic deformation and also on the proportions of the phases. Here we neglect regularizing terms in the momentum balance equation and in the constitutive laws for the phase proportions.
Numerical analysis of a frictionless viscoelastic piezoelectric contact problem
In this work, we consider the quasistatic frictionless contact problem between a viscoelastic piezoelectric body and a deformable obstacle. The linear electro-viscoelastic constitutive law is employed to model the piezoelectric material and the normal compliance condition is used to model the contact. The variational formulation is derived in a form of a coupled system for the displacement and electric potential fields. An existence and uniqueness result is recalled. Then, a fully discrete scheme...
Numerical approximation of dynamic deformations of a thermoviscoelastic rod against an elastic obstacle
In this paper we consider a hyperbolic-parabolic problem that models the longitudinal deformations of a thermoviscoelastic rod supported unilaterally by an elastic obstacle. The existence and uniqueness of a strong solution is shown. A finite element approximation is proposed and its convergence is proved. Numerical experiments are reported.
Numerical approximation of dynamic deformations of a thermoviscoelastic rod against an elastic obstacle
In this paper we consider a hyperbolic-parabolic problem that models the longitudinal deformations of a thermoviscoelastic rod supported unilaterally by an elastic obstacle. The existence and uniqueness of a strong solution is shown. A finite element approximation is proposed and its convergence is proved. Numerical experiments are reported.
On a type of Signorini problem without friction in linear thermoelasticity
In the paper the Signorini problem without friction in the linear thermoelasticity for the steady-state case is investigated. The problem discussed is the model geodynamical problem, physical analysis of which is based on the plate tectonic hypothesis and the theory of thermoelasticity. The existence and unicity of the solution of the Signorini problem without friction for the steady-state case in the linear thermoelasticity as well as its finite element approximation is proved. It is known that...
On an elasto-dynamic evolution equation with non dead load and friction
In this paper, we are interested in the dynamic evolution of an elastic body, acted by resistance forces depending also on the displacements. We put the mechanical problem into an abstract functional framework, involving a second order nonlinear evolution equation with initial conditions. After specifying convenient hypotheses on the data, we prove an existence and uniqueness result. The proof is based on Faedo-Galerkin method.
On the approximation of the Signorini problem with friction
On the Cauchy problem in linear viscoelasticity
Con riferimento all’operatore integrodifferenziale della viscoelasticità lineare nella formulazione creep, si determina la soluzione fondamentale in corrispondenza di un’arbitraria funzione di memoria. Di conseguenza viene risolto esplicitamente il problema di Cauchy relativo al moto unidimensionale di un sistema viscoelastico , omogeneo ed isotropo, determinato da dati iniziali e storia di stress comunque prefissati. Successivamente, nell’ambito di opportune ipotesi di memoria labile, si dimostrano...
On the domain of influence in thermoelasticity of bodies with voids
The domain of influence, proposed by Cowin and Nunziato, is extended to cover the thermoelasticity of bodies with voids. We prove that for a finite time the displacement field , the temperature and the change in volume fraction generate no disturbance outside a bounded domain .
On the dynamical behaviour of plates in unilateral contact with an elastic foundation: a finite element approach.
In questo lavoro viene studiato il comportamento dinamico di una piastra vincolata monolateralmente su una fondazione elastica alla Winkler. Si presentano alcuni risultati numerici ottenuti mediante discretizzazione agli elementi finiti. Tali risultati mettono in luce l'influenza di alcuni fattori tipici come le funzioni di forma, il parametro di mesh e l'ampiezza dell'intervallo con cui si realizza l'integrazione nel tempo delle equazioni del moto. Si istituiscono infine dei confronti con risultati...
On the frictionless unilateral contact of two viscoelastic bodies.
On the Numerical Analysis of the Von Karman Equations : Mixed Finite Element Approximation and Continuation Techniques.
On the optimal control problem governed by the equations of von Kármán. I. The homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions
A control of the system of nonlinear Kármán's equations for a thin elastic plate with clamped edge is considered. The transversal loading plays the role of the control variable. The set of admissible controls is chosen in a way guaranteeing the unique solvability of the state function with respect to the control variable is proved. A disscussion of uniqueness of the optimal control and some necessary conditions of optimality are presented.
On the solution of boundary value problems for sandwich plates
A mathematical model of the equilibrium problem of elastic sandwich plates is established. Using the theory of inequalities of Korn's type for a general class of elliptic systems the existence and uniqueness of a variational solution is proved.
On the uniqueness theorems for the external problems of the couple-stress theory of elasticity.
Optimal design of cylindrical shell with a rigid obstacle
The aim of the present paper is to study problems of optimal design in mechanics, whose variational form are inequalities expressing the principle of virtual power in its inequality form. We consider an optimal control problem in whixh the state of the system (involving an elliptic, linear symmetric operator, the coefficients of which are chosen as the design - control variables) is defined as the (unique) solution of stationary variational inequalities. The existence result proved in Section 1...
Problèmes unilatéraux en élasticité