Abstract
We consider the following nonlinear viscoelastic equation: | ut |ρ ut t - Δ u - Δ ut t + ∫0t g (t - s) Δ u (s) d s = 0, in a bounded domain Ω for ρ > 0. We show that the dissipation induced by the integral term is strong enough to stabilize the solution. This result improves an earlier one given by Cavalcanti et al. in [M.M. Cavalcanti, V.N.D. Cavalcanti, J. Ferreira, Existence and uniform decay for nonlinear viscoelastic equation with strong damping, Math. Methods Appl. Sci. 24 (2001) 1043-1053].
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 785-793 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Feb 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals for its support. This work was funded by KFUPM under Project # SABIC 2005-02.
Keywords
- Exponential decay
- Memory term
- Modified energy functional
- Nonlinear viscoelastic equation
- Polynomial decay
- Relaxation function
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analysis
- Applied Mathematics