Diploma thesis as pdf file - Johannes Kepler University, Linz
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1.2 Existence and uniqueness of the solution 3<br />
here and in the following µ stays for the Lebesgue me<strong>as</strong>ure. Then the total energy<br />
is:<br />
J(v) = 1 2<br />
∫<br />
Ω<br />
∫<br />
| ∇v | 2 dω − f vdω.<br />
Ω<br />
The ”obstacle problem” consists in finding the equilibrium state of the membrane,<br />
i.e. in minimizing the energy functional J(v), when the deflection of the<br />
membrane is restricted from below by the obstacle. Then the set of admissible<br />
deflections is given <strong>as</strong> :<br />
K = {v ∈ H 1 0 (Ω)|v ≥ ψ a.e. in Ω}.<br />
We see that the K is not a linear set. Throughout this work we <strong>as</strong>sume that ψ ∈<br />
L 2 (Ω) and f ∈ H −1 (Ω).<br />
Thus, we come up with the following:<br />
Problem 1.1.1 Given a bounded domain Ω ⊂ R 2 and functions f ∈ H −1 andψ ∈<br />
L 2 (Ω), find a solution u ∈ H 1 0<br />
such that<br />
J(u) = minJ(v) ∀v ∈ K,<br />
v∈K<br />
where the functional J(v) : H0 1 → R is represented by :<br />
J(v) = 1 ∫<br />
|∇v| 2 dω − 〈 f ,v〉.<br />
2<br />
1.2 Existence and uniqueness of the solution<br />
Ω<br />
For the existence and uniqueness of the solution of the problem (1.1.1) we bring<br />
here the following statement for more general problem:<br />
Theorem 1.2.1 Let H be a Hilbert space, K ⊂ H be closed and convex, the continuous<br />
bilinear form a(·,·) : H × H → R be symmetric and coercive, i.e.<br />
∃α > 0 : a(v,v) ≥ α‖v‖ 2 v ∈ H,