On the problem of solvability of nonlinear boundary value problems for shallow isotropic shells of Timoshenko type in isometric coordinates

Abstract

The solvability of a boundary value problem for a system, which describes the equilibrium state of elastic shallow inhomogeneous isotropic shells with loose edges referred to isometric coordinates in the Timoshenko shear model and consists of five non-linear second-order partial differential equations under given non-linear boundary conditions, is studied. The boundary value problem is reduced to a nonlinear operator equation for generalized displacements in Sobolev space, the solvability of this equation is established with the help of the contraction mapping principle.