Hemivariational Inequalities Applications in Mechanics and Engineering

The aim of the present book is the formulation, mathematical study and numerical treatment of static and dynamic problems in mechanics and engineering sciences involving nonconvex and nonsmooth energy functions, or nonmonotone and multivalued stress-strain laws. Such problems lead to a new type of v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Panagiotopoulos, Panagiotis D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1993, 1993
Edition:1st ed. 1993
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Introductory Topics
  • 1 Elements of Nonsmooth Analysis
  • II Mechanical Theory
  • 2 Nonsmooth Mechanics I
  • 3 Nonsmooth Mechanics II
  • 4 Hemivariational Inequalities
  • 5 Multivalued Boundary Integral Equations
  • III Mathematical Theory
  • 6 Static Hemivariational Inequalities
  • 7 Eigenvalue and Dynamic Problems
  • 8 Optimal Control and Identification Problems
  • IV Numerical Applications
  • 9 On the Numerical Treatment of Hemivariational Inequalities
  • 10 On the Approximation of Hemivariational Inequalities by Variational Inequalities
  • 11 The Method of Substationary Point Search
  • 12 On a Decomposition Method into Two Convex Problems
  • 13 Dynamic Hemivariational Inequalities and Crack Problems
  • 14 Applications of the Theory of Hemivariational Inequalities in Robotics
  • 15 Addenda: Hemivariational Inequalities, Fractals and Neural Networks
  • References