A preconditioned descent algorithm for variational inequalities of the second kind involving the p-Laplacian operator

Sergio González-Andrade ()
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Sergio González-Andrade: Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito

Computational Optimization and Applications, 2017, vol. 66, issue 1, No 5, 123-162

Abstract: Abstract This paper is concerned with the numerical solution of a class of variational inequalities of the second kind, involving the p-Laplacian operator. This kind of problems arise, for instance, in the mathematical modelling of non-Newtonian fluids. We study these problems by using a regularization approach, based on a Huber smoothing process. Well posedness of the regularized problems is proved, and convergence of the regularized solutions to the solution of the original problem is verified. We propose a preconditioned descent method for the numerical solution of these problems and analyze the convergence of this method in function spaces. The existence of admissible descent directions is established by variational methods and admissible steps are obtained by a backtracking algorithm which approximates the objective functional by polynomial models. Finally, several numerical experiments are carried out to show the efficiency of the methodology here introduced.

Keywords: Variational inequalities; p-Laplacian; Optimization and variational techniques; Herschel–Bulkley model; 47J20; 65K10; 65K15; 65N30; 76A05 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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