Special Session 9: 

The existence of solutions for the non-linear hardening problem

Risei Kano
Kochi University
Japan
Co-Author(s):    Risei Kano
Abstract:
In this talk, we discuss the parabolic problem form the hardening phenomena. The unknown functions u and sigma describe the displacement and stress, respectively in the one-dimensional interval (0,L). Our problem means the hardening problem that the materials are harden by plasticity. That is derived from the hardening model by Visintin~(2006), and the perfect plasticity model by Duvaut-Lions~(1976). In the perfect plasticity model, the function that is threshold value in the plastic deformation, is a constant. In this talk, we discuss the solvability for the above model with the threshold function depending upon time or unknown function, based on the idea of Duvaut-Lions~(1976). The problem equipped with the constraint set depend on the unknown function, is called quasi-variational inequality. The solvabilities of quasi-variational inequality have been dealt with in some papers.