Temporal decay bounds in generalized heat conduction (Q596695)

The authors consider the generalized Maxwell-Cattaneo model for heat conduction in \(\mathbb R^N\) \((N = 2, 3)\). By using a suitable change of variable for the temperature \(T\) and exploiting the multiplier method, they establish an exponential decay bounds for \(T\), as well as its first partial derivatives, in the \(L_2(\Omega)\) norm. They also prove an exponential decay result for the heat flux \(u\) in a bounded domain of \(\mathbb R^2\), in the case of homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions for \(u\). In this latter case no condition on \(T\) has been imposed.