Attractors of a nonlinear boundary value problem arising in aeroelasticity (Q5951185)

The author considers the following nonlocal hyperbolic boundary value problem arising in aeroelasticity: \[ w_{tt}+gw_t+aw_{xxxx}-bw_{xx}+dw+cw_x- \frac q{2\pi}w_{xx}\int^{2\pi}_0(w_x)^2 dx \] on the interval \(x\in[0,2\pi]\) equipped by the periodic boundary conditions. For solutions of this problem the existence of local attractors of three types is demonstrated in dependence of the parameters of the problem. The first one is in zero equilibrium state, the second one is a cycle and the third one is a three-dimensional manifold that is filled by spatially nonhomogeneous time-periodic solutions. Moreover, the author shows that after the appropriate time periodic nonlocal change of the dependent variable \(u\) the obtained new equation possesses a global Lyapunov function. Explicit expressions for the change of the variable, the transformed equation and the Lyapunov function are also given in terms of the spatial Fourier coefficients of the solution \(u(t,x)\).