Exponential stability for the wave equations with local Kelvin-Voigt damping (Q2491941)

Let \(\Omega \subset \mathbb R^N\) be a bounded open set with Lipschitz boundary. The following wave equation with local viscoelastic damping distributed around the boundary is considered \[ \rho (x)u_{tt}(x, t) = \text{div}(a(x)\nabla u + b(x)\nabla u_t)\quad (x\in\Omega,\;t>0). \] This equation involving a constructive viscoelastic damping \(\operatorname{div} b(x)\nabla u_t\), models the vibrations of an elastic body which has one part made of viscoelastic material. For the considered equation the exponential stability conditions are established.