Global existence and blow up of solutions for some hyperbolic systems with damping and source terms (Q2581702)

The paper deals with the initial boundary value problem to the system \[ u_{tt}-(a+b\| \nabla u\| _2^2+b\| \nabla v\| _2^2)\triangle u+g(u_t)=\mu _1f(u) \] \[ v_{tt}-(a+b\| \nabla u\| _2^2+b\| \nabla v\| _2^2)\triangle v+g(v_t)=\mu _2h(v). \] In the case of small initial data, the existence (for \(a+b>0\)) and uniqueness (for \(a>0\)) of global regular and weak solutions to the problem are proved. If the function \(g\) is linear and \(f,h\) are of a special form, blow up of a solution is proved and its lifespan is estimated.