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Subdifferential Frictional Contact Problem with Thermo-Electro-Visco-Elastic Locking Materials: Analysis and Approximation
  
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KeyWord:Thermo-electro-visco-elastic materials, locking piezoelectric, frictional contact problem, finite element method, error estimate
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Zakaria Faiz Sultan Moulay Slimane University, FP of Khouribga, Morocco 
Hicham Benaissa Sultan Moulay Slimane University, FP of Khouribga, Morocco 
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Abstract:
      This paper investigates a frictional contact problem involving a thermo-electro-visco-elastic model for locking materials in contact with a rigid foundation. Friction is described by the subgradient of a locally Lipschitz function, while contact is governed by Signorini's unilateral condition. We formulate the problem as a system of three hemivariational inequalities and establish an existence and uniqueness theorem using a fixed-point argument and recent advances in hemivariational inequalities theory. Finally, we present a fully discrete finite element approximation of the model and derive error estimates for the approximate solution.