TY - JOUR AU - Chen, Panyu AU - Mateos González, Álvaro AU - Mertz, Laurent PY - 2025 DO - 10.1016/j.aml.2024.109305 SN - 0893-9659 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119345 T2 - Applied Mathematics Letters AB - We propose an elementary proof based on a penalization technique to show the existence and uniqueness of the solution to a system of variational inequalities modeling the friction-based motion of a two-body crawling system. Here for each body, the... LA - eng M2 - 1 PB - Elsevier KW - Variational inequalities KW - Moreau–Yosida regularization KW - Biolocomotion KW - Dry friction TI - An elementary approach based on variational inequalities for modeling a friction-based locomotion problem TY - journal article VL - 160 ER -