Download or read book Variational Inequalities with Applications written by Mircea Sofonea and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-05 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is motivated by stimulating problems in contact mechanics, emphasizing antiplane frictional contact with linearly elastic and viscoelastic materials. It focuses on the essentials with respect to the qualitative aspects of several classes of variational inequalities (VIs). Clearly presented, easy to follow, and well-referenced, this work treats almost entirely VIs of the second kind, with much of the material being state-of-the-art.