A uniqueness theorem in linear viscoelasticity

Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids (74A99) Materials of strain-rate type and history type, other materials with memory (including elastic materials with viscous damping, various viscoelastic materials) (74D99) Uniqueness of solutions of equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G30) Uniqueness of solutions of dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H25)

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The one-dimensional homogeneous viscoelastic body governed by the constitutive equation \[ \sigma(x,t)=G(0)u_ x(x,t)+\int^{t}_{- \infty}G(t-s)u_ x(x,s)ds, \] occupying the segment \([0,\ell]\), is considered. It is proven that if \(G(0)\), \(\dot G\), \(\ddot G\), and \(\epsilon\) satisfy the conditions \(\dot G,\ddot G\in V'_{\epsilon}\), and \[ G(0)>\int^{\infty}_{0}| \dot G(\tau)| e^{-\epsilon \tau}d\tau +\frac{1}{\epsilon}(| \dot G(\quad 0)| +\int^{\infty}_{0}| \ddot G(\tau)| e^{-\epsilon \tau}d\tau) \] then the dynamic problem (a) \(\sigma_ x(x,t)+F(x,t)=\rho u_{tt}(x,t)\), and (b) \(u(0,t)=u_ 0(t)\), \(u(\ell,t)=u_ 1(t)\), \(t\in (-\infty,0)\), has a unique solution \(u\in C^ 2(\Sigma)\cap U_{\epsilon}\), \(u_ t\in U_{\epsilon}\), where \(\Sigma =[0,\ell]\times (-\infty,0)\), \(U_{\epsilon}=\{u\in C^ 2(\Sigma)| \sup | u(x,t)| e^{-\epsilon t}<\infty\}\), \(V_{\epsilon}=\{v\in C((-\infty,0))| \sup_{\infty}| v(t)| e^{-\epsilon t}<\infty \}\), and \(V'_{\epsilon}=\{v\in C((0,\infty))| \int^{\infty}_{0}| v(t)| e^{-\epsilon t}dt<\infty\}\). The solution of the problem a) and b) is not determined; we have to add supplementary conditions to the boundary conditions b). Usually, these conditions are the initial conditions. Here, the requirement regarding the behaviour of the solution as \(t_ 0\to -\infty\), described by its belonging to the set \(U_{\epsilon}\), determines the problem a) and b). The particular case of the corresponding quasi-static problem is considered and some applications of the obtained results are given.

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