We consider a mathematical problem for quasistatic contact between a thermo-electro--elastic-viscoplastic body and an obstacle. The contact is modeled by a general normal damped response condition with friction law and heat exchange. We present a variational formulation of the problem and prove the existence and uniqueness of the weak solution. The proof is based on the formulation of four intermediate problems for the displacement field, the electric potential field and the temperature field, respectively. We prove the unique solvability of the intermediate problems, then we construct a contraction mapping whose unique fixed point is the solution of the original problem.
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