Combined effects for non-autonomous singular biharmonic problems

We study the existence of nontrivial weak solutions for a class of generalized ▫$p(x)$▫-biharmonic equations with singular nonlinearity and Navier boundary condition. The proofs combine variational and topological arguments. The approach developed in this paper allows for the treatment of several classes of singular biharmonic problems with variable growth arising in applied sciences, including the capillarity equation and the mean curvature problem.