paper

Exponential energy decay of solutions for a system of viscoelastic wave equations of Kirchhoff type with strong damping

arXiv:1109.5921 · doi:10.1080/00036811.2011.647911

Abstract

The initial boundary value problem for a system of viscoelastic wave equations of Kirchhoff type with strong damping is considered. We prove that, under suitable assumptions on relaxation functions and certain initial data, the decay rate of the solutions energy is exponential.