On uniqueness and instability for some thermomechanical problems involving the Moore– Gibson–Thompson equation

It is known that in the case that several constitutive tensors fail to be positive definite the system of the ther- moelasticity could become unstable and, in certain cases, ill-posed in the sense of Hadamard. In this paper, we consider the Moore–Gibson–Thompson thermoelasticity in the case that som...

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Authors: Pellicer, Marta, Quintanilla de Latorre, Ramón|||0000-0001-7059-7058
Format: article
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/187200
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/187200
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00033-020-01307-7
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Thermoelasticity
Logarithmic convexity
Lagrange identities methods
Moore–Gibson–Thompson thermoelasticity
Uniqueness
Instability
Termoelasticitat
Classificació AMS::74 Mechanics of deformable solids::74B Elastic materials
Classificació AMS::74 Mechanics of deformable solids::74F Coupling of solid mechanics with other effects
Classificació AMS::74 Mechanics of deformable solids::74H Dynamical problems
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Matemàtica aplicada a les ciències
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Summary:It is known that in the case that several constitutive tensors fail to be positive definite the system of the ther- moelasticity could become unstable and, in certain cases, ill-posed in the sense of Hadamard. In this paper, we consider the Moore–Gibson–Thompson thermoelasticity in the case that some of the constitutive tensors fail to be positive and we will prove basic results concerning uniqueness and instability of solutions. We first consider the case of the heat conduction when dissipation condition holds, but some constitutive tensors can fail to be positive. In this case, we prove the uniqueness and instability by means of the logarithmic convexity argument. Second we study the thermoelastic system only assuming that the thermal conductivity tensor and the mass density are positive and we obtain the uniqueness of solutions by means of the Lagrange identities method. By the logarithmic convexity argument we prove later the instability of solutions whenever the elasticity tensor fails to be positive, but assuming that the conductivity rate is positive and the thermal dissipation condition hold. We also sketch similar results when conductivity rate and/or the thermal conductivity fail to be positive definite, but the elasticity tensor is positive definite and the dissipation condition holds. Last sections are devoted to considering the case when a third-order equation is proposed for the displacement (which comes from the viscoelasticiy). A similar study is sketched in these cases.