Exponential stability for a thermo-viscoelastic Timoshenko system with fading memory (Q2122178)

The authors study the thermo-viscoelastic Timoshenko beam system in the autonomous form after setting a relative displacement history \(\eta^t(s):=\psi(t)-\psi(t-s),\ t,s>0\) \begin{align*} &\rho_1\phi_{tt}-\kappa(\phi_x+\psi)_x+\sigma\theta_x=0, \\ &\rho_2\psi_{tt} - b\psi_{xx}+\kappa(\phi_x+\psi)-\int_0^\infty g(s)\eta_{xx}-\sigma\theta=0,\\ &\rho_3\theta_t-\beta\theta_{xx}+\sigma(\phi_x+\psi)_t=0,\ \eta_t+\eta_s=\psi_t,\ x\in (0,L),\ t>0,\ s>0\\ \end{align*} with boundary and initial conditions \begin{align*} &\phi_x(0,t)=\phi_x(L,t)=\psi(0,t)=\psi(L,t)= \theta(0,t)=\theta(L,t)=0,\ t\ge 0,\\ &\eta^t(0,s)=\eta^t(L,s)=0,\ t,s>0;\\ &(\phi(x,0),\phi_t(x,0), \psi(x,0),\psi_t(x,0),\theta(x,0))=(\phi_0,\phi_1,\psi_0,\psi_1,\theta_0),\ x\in (0,L),\\ &\eta^0(x,s)=\psi_0(x,0)-\psi_0(x,-s),\ (x,s)\in (0,L)\times (0,\infty). \end{align*} The problem is rewritten as a first order Cauchy problem, and a semigroup approach is applied. The existence and uniqueness of a mild solution and its exponential stability are verified.