Asymptotic behavior of solutions for damped wave equations with non-convex convection term on the half line (Q411703)

The paper refers to an IBV problem for the damped wave equation, in one dimensional space variable, with a nonlinear convection term \(f(u)\) satisfying \(f(0)=0\) and convex and sub-characteristic conditions at the origin. The purpose is an investigation of the asymptotic stability of solution. The stationary solution and the rarefaction wave are defined. The main result states that in case the convection term additionally satisfies \(f'(0)=0\) and a special inequality containing stationary solution, rarefaction wave and initial data is fulfilled, then the IBV-problem has a unique global solution which tends to the superposition of the stationary solution and rarefaction wave. The original problem is reduced to a new one in some perturbation function and a sort of a priori estimate for this problem is deduced. However for the complete proof of the announced result, the reader is sent to a set of references. Further, two results on convergence rates for stationary solutions are shown.