Analysis of quasi-variational–hemivariational inequalities with applications to Bingham-type fluids

In this paper we study the sensitivity analysis of elliptic quasi-variational–hemivariational inequalities with constraint. The upper semicontinuity property of the solution map with respect to a parameter is established. An application to the steady-state incompressible Navier–Stokes equation with mixed boundary conditions in a model for a generalized Newtonian fluid of Bingham-type is provided. The boundary conditions represent a generalization of the no leak condition, and a multivalued and nonmonotone version of a nonlinear Navier–Fujita frictional slip condition. Furthermore, a sensitivity result is proved for the weak formulation of the model when all the data are subjected to perturbations. Finally, for the Bingham-type fluids, an optimal control problem is studied.