Low frequency expansion in thermoelasticity with second sound in three dimensions (Q616658)

The authors consider a initial-boundary value problem in thermoelasticity with second sound in a three-dimensional exterior domain. Also, instead of Fourier's law of heat conduction, the authors use the Cattaneo's law such that the physical paradox of infinite propagation of heat pulses is removed. For such a system, the low frequency expansion of solutions to the corresponding stationary resolvent problem is given. The modeling of the second sound effect turns the classical hyperbolic-parabolic thermoelastic system into a purely hyperbolic one with a damping term. Also, the authors investigated the limit of the stationary resolvent problem to the classical thermoelastic problem.