Degenerate quasilinear elliptic equations arising from bimaterial problems in elastic-plastic mechanics

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 517-529

  Liu, W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bimaterial problems; Degenerate quasilinear equations; Finite element approximation; Interface problems; Regularity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

LIPSCHITZ BOUNDARY; QUASILINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS;

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0033078480     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(98)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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