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Local existence and uniqueness for a geometrically exact membrane‐plate with viscoelastic transverse shear resistance
Author(s) -
Neff Patrizio
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
mathematical methods in the applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1099-1476
pISSN - 0170-4214
DOI - 10.1002/mma.597
Subject(s) - uniqueness , mathematics , viscoelasticity , mathematical analysis , sobolev space , partial differential equation , physics , thermodynamics
We prove the local existence and uniqueness to a geometrically exact, observer‐invariant membrane‐plate model introduced by the author. The model consists of an elliptic partial differential system of equations describing the equilibrium response of the membrane which is non‐linearly coupled with a viscoelastic evolution equation for exact rotations, taking on the role of an orthonormal triad of directors. This coupling introduces a viscoelastic transverse shear resistance. Refined elliptic regularity results together with a new extended Korn's first inequality for plates and shells allow to proceed by a fixed point argument in appropriately chosen Sobolev‐spaces in order to prove existence and uniqueness. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.