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hemivariational

hemivariational adjective: pertaining to a generalization of variational inequalities which covers boundary value problems for partial differential equations with nonmonotone, nonconvex and possibly multivalued laws.

Adjective

hemivariational (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a generalization of variational inequalities which covers boundary value problems for partial differential equations with nonmonotone, nonconvex and possibly multivalued laws.
    • The variational formulation of this problem leads to hemivariational inequality with a nonsmooth functional defined on the contact boundary.2015, Nina Ovcharova, Lothar Banz, “On the coupling of regularization techniques and the boundary element method for a hemivariational inequality modelling a delamination problem”, in arXiv

Origin of hemivariational

From hemi- + variational.

Questions about hemivariational

What does hemivariational mean?
Hemivariational means pertaining to a generalization of variational inequalities which covers boundary value problems for partial differential equations with nonmonotone, nonconvex and possibly multivalued laws.
What part of speech is hemivariational?
Hemivariational is an adjective.

Words near hemivariational in the dictionary

  1. hemitropous
  2. hemitropy
  3. hemitubular
  4. hemivacuole
  5. hemivacuoles
  6. hemivariational
  7. hemivein
  8. hemiveins
  9. hemivertebra
  10. hemivertebrae
  11. hemivertebral

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