Electronic Journal of Differential Equations,
Vol. 2006(2006), No. 144, pp. 1-14.

Title: A Quasistatic unilateral contact problem with slip-dependent
       coefficient of friction for nonlinear elastic materials

Author: Arezki Touzaline (Univ. of Sciences and Tech. Houari Boumediene, Algeria)
	 
Abstract: 
 Existence of a weak solution under a smallness assumption of the coefficient
 of friction for the problem of quasistatic frictional contact between a
 nonlinear elastic body and a rigid foundation is established. Contact is
 modelled with the Signorini condition. Friction is described by a slip
 dependent friction coefficient and a nonlocal and regularized contact
 pressure. The proofs employ a time-discretization method, compactness and
 lower semicontinuity arguments.
 
 
Submitted May 5, 2006. Published November 16, 2006.
Math Subject Classifications: 35J85, 49J40, 47J20, 74M15.
Key Words: Existence; quasistatic; nonlinear elastic;  
   slip-dependent friction; incremental; variational inequality.