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J. V. Outrata

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arXiv2026

On the application of the SCD semismooth* Newton method to solving Stokes problem with stick-slip boundary conditions

The paper deals with the 3D Stokes problem with Navier-Tresca stick-slip boundary conditions. A weak formulation of this problem leads to a variational inequality of the second kind, coupled with an equality constraint. This problem is then approximated using the mixed finite element method, yielding a generalized equation, to the numerical solution of which we implement a variant of the SCD semismooth* Newton method. This includes also a globalization technique ensuring convergence for arbitrary starting points. Numerical experiments demonstrate the effeciency of this approach.

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arXiv2026

On the role of semismoothness in nonsmooth numerical analysis: Theory

For the numerical solution of nonsmooth problems, sometimes it is not necessary that an exact subgradient/generalized Jacobian is at our disposal, but it suffices that a semismooth derivative, i.e., a mapping satisfying a certain semismoothness property, is available. In this paper we consider not only semismooth derivatives of single-valued mappings, but also its interplay with the semismoothness$^*$ property for multifunctions. In particular, we are interested in semismooth derivatives of solution maps to parametric semismooth$^*$ inclusions. Our results are expressed in terms of suitable generalized derivatives of the set-valued part, i.e., by limiting coderivatives or by SC (subspace containing) derivatives. Further we show that semismooth derivatives coincide a.e. with generalized Jacobians and state some consequences concerning strict proto-differentiability for semismooth$^*$ multifunctions.

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arXiv2022

On the SCD semismooth* Newton method for generalized equations with application to a class of static contact problems with Coulomb friction

In the paper, a variant of the \ssstar Newton method is developed for the numerical solution of generalized equations, in which the multi-valued part is a so-called SCD (subspace containing derivative) mapping. Under a rather mild regularity requirement, the method exhibits (locally) superlinear convergence behavior. From the main conceptual algorithm, two implementable variants are derived whose efficiency is tested via a generalized equation modeling a discretized static contact problem with Coulomb friction.

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arXiv2019

On a semismooth* Newton method for solving generalized equations

In the paper, a Newton-type method for the solution of generalized equations (GEs) is derived, where the linearization concerns both the single-valued and the multi-valued part of the considered GE. The method is based on the new notion of semismoothness${}^*$ which, together with a suitable regularity condition, ensure the local superlinear convergence. An implementable version of the new method is derived for a class of GEs, frequently arising in optimization and equilibrium models.

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arXiv2014

Identification of some nonsmooth evolution systems with illustration on adhesive contacts at small strains

A class of evolution quasistatic systems which leads, after a suitable time discretization, to recursive nonlinear programs, is considered and optimal control or identification problems governed by such systems are investigated. The resulting problem is an evolutionary Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints (MPEC). A subgradient information of the (in general nonsmooth) composite objective function is evaluated and the problem is solved by the Implicit programming approach. The abstract theory is illustrated on an identification problem governed by delamination of a unilateral adhesive contact of elastic bodies discretized by finite-element method in space and a semi-implicit formula in time. Being motivated by practical tasks, an identification problem of the fracture toughness and of the elasticity moduli of the adhesive is computationally implemented and tested numerically on a two-dimensional example. Other applications including frictional contacts or bulk damage, plasticity, or phase transformations are outlined.

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