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Global Well-Posedness and Exponential Stability for a Nonlinear Thermoelastic Kirchhoff-Love Plate System1053 views
Author
Wan, Xiang, Mathematics - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Lasiecka, Irena, Department of Mathematics, University of Virginia
Abstract
We study an initial-boundary-value problem for a quasilinear thermoelastic plate of Kirchhoff & Love-type with parabolic heat conduction due to Fourier, mechanically simply supported and held at the reference temperature on the boundary. For this problem, we show the short-time existence and uniqueness of classical solutions under appropriate regularity and compatibility assumptions on the data. Further, we use barrier techniques to prove the global existence and exponential stability of solutions under a smallness condition on the initial data. It is the first result of this kind established for a quasilinear non-parabolic thermoelastic Kirchhoff & Love plate in multiple dimensions.
Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Keywords
thermoelastic plate; Kirchhoff; Global Well-posedness; Exponential Stability
Language
English
Rights
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Wan, Xiang. Global Well-Posedness and Exponential Stability for a Nonlinear Thermoelastic Kirchhoff-Love Plate System. University of Virginia, Mathematics - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2017-07-30, https://doi.org/10.18130/V30794.