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A VISCOELASTIC TIMOSHENKO BEAM WITH DYNAMIC FRICTIONLESS IMPACT
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A VISCOELASTIC TIMOSHENKO BEAM WITH DYNAMIC FRICTIONLESS IMPACT

Jeongho Ahn and David E Stewart
Discrete and continuous dynamical systems. Series B, Vol.12(1), pp.1-22
07/01/2009
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2009.12.1
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Abstract

Two coupled partial differential equations which describe the motion of a viscoelastic (Kelvin-Voigt type) Timoshenko beam are formulated with the complementarity conditions. This dynamic impact problem is considered a boundary thin obstacle problem. The existence of solutions is proved. A major concern is to pursue an investigation into conservation of energy (or energy balance), which is performed both theoretically and numerically.
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