On a dynamic frictional contact problem with normal damped response and long-term memory

Abstract

A dynamic frictional contact problem between a viscoelastic body and a foundation is studied. The contact is modeled with normal damped response and a friction law. The constitutive law with long memory is assumed to be nonlinear. The existence result is proved using nonlinear monotone operators, fixed point argument, and extension procedure. Moreover, the exponential stability of the energy solution is established using the multiplier method.