Variational and Quasi-Variational Inequalities in Mechanics

• Main Authors: Kravchuk, Alexander S. (Author), Neittaanmäki, Pekka J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 147
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Computational intelligence.; Continuum mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Computational Intelligence.

The variational method is a powerful tool to investigate states and processes in technical devices, nature, living organisms, systems, and economics. The power of the variational method consists in the fact that many of its sta- ments are physical or natural laws themselves. The essence of the varia...

Table of Contents:

• Notations and Basics
• Variational Setting of Linear Steady-state Problems
• Variational Theory for Nonlinear Smooth Systems
• Unilateral Constraints and Nondifferentiable Functionals
• Transformation of Variational Principles
• Nonstationary Problems and Thermodynamics
• Solution Methods and Numerical Implementation
• Concluding Remarks.