Existência, unicidade e decaimento exponencial da solução da equação de onda com amortecimento friccional

Abstract

In this work we will study the problem of waves with frictional damping. We will consider the case in which dissipation caused by the friction, represented by αut (where α is a positive real constant), operates throughout all the domain. We will study the existence and uniqueness of the solution through the Galerkin Method and the Semigroups Theory. To study the stability of the solution we will employ the Energy Method and the Semigroups technique applied to dissipative systems. At the end of the paper we will compare the methods used to ensure the existence, uniqueness and asymptotic behavior of the solution. We will use the usual notation of Sobolev spaces.