On the study of variational inequality of generalized Marguerre-von Kármán's type via Leray-Schauder degree (Q2179286)

This paper is concerned with the existence of solutions for a class of variational inequalities of generalized Marguerre-von Kármán type. This class of inequality problems is in relationship with unilateral problems associated with the buckling of generalized Marguerre-von Kármán shallow shells. The basic argument in the proof of the main result is based on the Leray-Schauder topological degree. The final section of this paper is devoted to some comments on Marguerre-von Kármán equations with Signorini conditions.