Long-time behavior for a nonlinear plate equation with thermal memory (Q950461)

The author considers the initial-boundary value problem for a nonlinear plate equation with thermal effects due to non-Fourier heat flux laws: \[ \begin{aligned} &\theta_t-\triangle u_t+\int_0^\infty \kappa(s)[-\triangle\theta(t-s)]ds=0,\\ &u_{tt}-\triangle u_t+\triangle(\triangle u+\theta)+f(u) =0, \;(t,x)\in \mathbb{R}^+\times\varOmega,\\ &u(t,x)=\triangle u(t,x)=0,\;(t,x)\in \mathbb{R}^+\times \varGamma;\;\theta(t,x)=0,\;(t,x)\in \mathbb{R}\times \varGamma,\\ &u(0,x)=u_0(x),\;u_t(0,x)=v_0(x),\;\theta(0,x)=\theta_0(x),\;x\in \varOmega,\\ &\theta(-s,x)=\varphi(s,x),\;(s,x)\in \mathbb{R}^+\times \varOmega. \end{aligned} \] where \(\varOmega\subset \mathbb{R}^2\) is a bounded domain of with a smooth boundary \(\varGamma\), \(\theta\) represents the temperature, while \(u\) is the vertical displacement of the plate. The function \(\varphi\) is called the initial past history of temperature. The memory kernel \(\kappa\) is assumed to be a positive convex function vanishing at infinity. The existence and uniqueness of global solutions as well the existence of a global attractor is proved. The convergence of global solutions to single steady states as time goes to infinity is verified under the assumption that the nonlinear term \(f\) is analytic.