International Journal of Control, Vol.91, No.2, 383-399, 2018
Boundary stabilisation of the wave equation in the presence of singularities
We study the boundary stabilisation of the wave equation by a nonlinear feedback active on a part of the boundary in geometric situations for which the solutions have singularities. These singularities appear at the interfaces at which the mixed Neumann-Dirichlet boundary conditions meet. Under a simple geometrical condition concerning the orientation of the boundary, we obtain sharp energy decay rates under a general growth assumption on the feedback. We show that the singularities do not affect the energy decay rates and give examples.
Keywords:Hyperbolic equation;wave equation;energy decay rates;nonlinear damping;weighted nonlinear integral inequality;optimal-weight convexity method;singularities;mixed Neumann-Dirichlet boundary conditions