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Analysis and approximation of frictionless contact problems between two piezoelectric bodies with adhesion

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Published/Copyright: November 8, 2014
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Abstract

We consider a mathematical frictionless contact problem between two electro-elastic bodies. The contact is modelled with normal compliance and adhesion. We provide a variational formulation for the problem and prove the existence of a unique weak solution. The proofs are based on arguments of time-dependent variational inequalities, the Cauchy–Lipschitz Theorem and the Banach Fixed-Point Theorem. Then, a discrete scheme is introduced based on the finite element method to approximate the spatial variable. Furthermore, we provide optimal a priori error estimates for the displacements, the electric potential and the bonding at the contact interface.

Received: 2013-2-3
Revised: 2013-5-15
Accepted: 2014-1-20
Published Online: 2014-11-8
Published in Print: 2014-12-1

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