Global nonexistence of positive initial-energy solutions of a system of nonlinear viscoelastic wave equations with damping and source terms (Q847776)

The authors deal with the initial-boundary value problem for a system of viscoelastic wave equations in a form \[ \begin{aligned} &u_{tt}(x,t)- \Delta u+ \int_0^tg(t-s)\Delta u(x,s)\,ds+ | u_t|^{m-1}u_t= f_1(u,v),\\ &v_{tt}(x,t)- \Delta v+ \int_0^th(t-s)\Delta v(x,s)\,ds+ | v_t|^{r-1}v_t= f_2(u,v),\quad x\in \Omega,\;t>0,\\ &u(x,t)=v(x,t)=0,\quad x\in \partial\Omega,\;t\geq 0,\\ &\left(u(0),v(0)\right)=(u_0,v_0),\;\left(u_t(0),v_t(0)\right)=(u_1,v_1),\quad x\in \Omega,\end{aligned} \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain of \(\mathbb R^N\) \((N\geq 1)\) with a smooth boundary \(\partial\Omega\). They prove a global nonexistence of solutions for a large class of initial data for which the initial energy takes positive values.