Global Well-Posedness and Exponential Stability for a Nonlinear Thermoelastic Kirchhoff-Love Plate System

Author:
Wan, Xiang, Mathematics - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisor:
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:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Issued Date:
2017/07/30