Centre de Mathématiques et de Leurs Applications

Orateur : Giuseppe Buttazzo

Titre : Evolution problems for debonding membranes

Résumé : I will present an abstract framework for irreversible rate independent evolution processes of quasi-static nature, in order to model debonding membranes. The main tool relies on the minimizing movement theory. In particular situations,
stability and energy inequality of Mielke's type are satisfied. Several examples
and models are described, among which the one of obstacle erosion, together with
a series of open problems.