On the mixtures of MGT viscoelastic solids

Abstract

In this paper, we study, from both analytical and numerical points of view, a problem involving a mixture of two viscoelastic solids. An existence and uniqueness result is proved using the theory of linear semigroups. Exponential decay is shown for the one-dimensional case. Then, fully discrete approximations are introduced using the finite element method and the implicit Euler scheme. Some a priori error estimates are obtained and the linear convergence is derived under suitable regularity conditions. Finally, one- and two-dimensional numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the convergence, the discrete energy decay and the behavior of the solution.

Keywords

• mixtures
• viscoelasticity
• linear semigroups
• existence and uniqueness
• energy decay
• finite elements