Some energetic properties of smooth solutions in rate-type viscoelasticity (Q759515)

Some energetic properties of the smooth solutions of initial and boundary value problems in the semilinear rate-type theory of viscoelasticity are pointed out. The existence of a unique convex energy function having certain monotony properties with respect to the equilibrium curve is proved. For an isolated body the asymptotic approach to equilibrium (in the \(L_ 2\) sense) is shown. This property is used to obtain a rate-type viscoelasticity approach of nonlinear elasticity. Sufficient stability conditions are given for the solutions of the one-dimensional problem and for the three-dimensional problem with small strains.