On the existence and nonexistence of solutions for some nonlinear wave equations of Kirchhoff type (Q532968)

The authors prove a local existence result for problems of the type \[ \begin{alignedat}{2} \partial_t^2u- M\big(\|\nabla u(t)\|_2^2\big)\Delta u-\partial_t\Delta u&=f(u) &&\quad\text{in }\Omega,\\ u&=0 &&\quad\text{in }\Gamma_0,\\ M\big(\|\nabla u(t)\|_2^2\big) \partial_\nu u+\partial_t\partial_\nu u&= -\partial_tu &&\quad\text{in }\Gamma_1, \end{alignedat} \] and prove that the energy decays exponentially by using the perturbed energy method. Moreover, nonexistence of a global solution is obtained by a direct approach.