We consider an elliptic variational–hemivariational inequality
in a real reflexive Banach space, governed by a set of constraints
K. Under appropriate assumptions of the data, this inequality has a unique solution
. We associate inequality
to a
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We consider an elliptic variational–hemivariational inequality
in a real reflexive Banach space, governed by a set of constraints
K. Under appropriate assumptions of the data, this inequality has a unique solution
. We associate inequality
to a sequence of elliptic variational–hemivariational inequalities
, governed by a set of constraints
, a sequence of parameters
, and a function
. We prove that if, for each
, the element
represents a solution to Problem
, then the sequence
converges to
u as
. Based on this general result, we recover convergence results for various associated penalty methods previously obtained in the literature. These convergence results are obtained by considering particular choices of the set
and the function
. The corresponding penalty methods can be applied in the study of various inequality problems. To provide an example, we consider a purely hemivariational inequality that describes the equilibrium of an elastic membrane in contact with an obstacle, the so-called foundation.
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