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The existence and uniqueness of solution to a one-dimensional hyperbolic integro-differential problem arising in viscoelasticity is here considered. The kernel, in the linear viscoelasticity equation, represents the relaxation function…
We consider the model equation arising in the theory of viscoelasticity $$\partial_{tt} u-h_t(0)\Delta u -\int_{0}^\infty h_t'(s)\Delta u(t-s)d s+ f(u) = g.$$ Here, the main feature is that the memory kernel $h_t(\cdot)$ depends on time,…
We continue the analysis on the model equation arising in the theory of viscoelasticity $$ \partial_{tt} u(t)-\big[1+k_t(0)\big]\Delta u(t) -\int_0^\infty k'_t(s)\Delta u(t-s) d s + f(u(t)) = g $$ in the presence of a (convex, nonnegative…
We consider a distributed system with persistent memory of a type which is often encountered in viscoelasticity or in the study of diffusion processes with memory. The relaxation kernel, i.e. the kernel of the memory term, is scarcely known…
We propose a new material viscoelastic model and mathematical solution to simulate relaxation modulus and viscoelastic response. The model formula of relaxation modulus is extended from sigmoidal function considering nonlinear strain…
We carry out the homogenization of a fluid-structure interaction problem consisting in the periodic inclusions of a viscous fluid in an elastic body. We get a macrostructure model where the body behaves as a viscoelastic material with a…
We study some hyperbolic partial integro-differential systems in domains with time dependent cracks. In particular, we give conditions on the cracks which imply the uniqueness of the solution with prescribed initial-boundary conditions, and…
In this work, we investigate the inverse problem of determining the kernel functions that best describe the mechanical behavior of a complex medium modeled by a general nonlocal viscoelastic wave equation. To this end, we minimize a…
We consider the evolution of the temperature $u$ in a material with thermal memory characterized by a time-dependent convolution kernel $h$. The material occupies a bounded region $\Omega$ with a feedback device controlling the external…
The aim of this paper is to study the spatial behaviour of the solutions to the boundary-final value problems associated with the linear theory of elastic materials with voids. More precisely the present study is devoted to porous materials…
We investigate the thermodynamics of overdamped systems weakly driven by time-dependent protocols while interacting with viscoelastic heat baths. Using a generalized Langevin equation with memory, we derive the conditions under which the…
We consider a distributed system of a type which is encountered in the study of diffusion processes with memory and in viscoelasticity. The key feature of such system is the persistence in the future of the past actions due the memory…
We study an inverse problem for the viscoacoustic wave equation, an integro-differential model describing wave propagation in viscoacoustic media with memory in the leading order term. The medium is characterized by a spatially varying…
We present an algorithm for the identification of the relaxation kernel in the theory of diffusion systems with memory (or of viscoelasticity) which is linear, in the sense that we propose a linear Volterra integral equation of convolution…
We consider a coupled linear system describing a thermoviscoelastic plate with hereditary effects. The system consists of a hyperbolic integrodifferential equation, governing the temperature, which is linearly coupled with the partial…
Characterizing the softness of deformable materials having partial elastic and partial viscous behaviour via soft lubrication experiments has emerged as a versatile and robust methodology in recent times. However, a straightforward…
We consider a viscoelastic body occupying a smooth bounded domain of $R^3$ under the effects of volumic traction forces. Inertial effects are considered: hence, the equation describing the evolution of displacements is of the second order…
The formation of singularity and breakdown of classical solutions to the three-dimensional compressible viscoelasticity and inviscid elasticity are considered. For the compressible inviscid elastic fluids, the finite-time formation of…
Fractional calculus has been proved to be very effective in representing the visco-elastic relaxation response of materials with memory such as polymers. Moreover, in modelling the temperature dependency of the material functions in…
Granular materials are ubiquitous in nature and are used extensively in daily life and in industry. The modeling of these materials remains challenging; therefore, finding models with acceptable predictive accuracy that at the same time…