Convergence rates of solutions toward boundary layer solutions for generalized Benjamin-Bona-Mahony-Burgers equations in the half-space (Q959853)

The paper is dealing with a mixed initial-value - boundary-value problem for the so-called regularized wave equation, with a dissipative term of the Burgers' type, \[ u_t - u_{txx} - u_{xx} +(f(u))_x = 0, \] in the region \(x\geq 0\), with the initial-value function \(u_0(x)\) that is assumed a finite limit value, \(u_{+}\), at \(x \to +\infty\), and boundary condition at \(x=0\), \(u(x=0,t)=u_b\). The function \(f(u)\) is assumed to be strictly convex, i.e., satisfying condition \(f''(u)>0\) for any solution \(u\) under the consideration (the simplest and most practically important case, for applications to fluid dynamics, is \(f(u)=u^2\); without the dissipative term, the corresponding equation is known as the Benjamin-Bona-Mahoney (BBM) equation, and, adding the dissipation to the equation, the authors call it BBM-Burgers equation). At \(t\to\infty\), the solution to this problem converges to a stationary (time-independent) solution, which describes a ``boundary layer'' in the respective setting. The aim of the paper is to prove the nonlinear stability of the boundary-layer solution, i.e., its stability against perturbations that are not assumed to be infinitesimal. The decay rate of (nonsmall) perturbations around the boundary-layer solution, that may be both exponential and algebraic, is estimated by means of energy estimates. The analysis is carried out separately for the nondegenerate case, \(f'(u_{+})\neq 0\), and for the degenerate one, when this derivative vanishes.