On some nonlinear evolution equations with strong dissipation, III

AbstractIn this paper we continue the existence theories of classical solutions of nonlinear evolution equations with strong dissipation studied in previous papers [5, 6], where we proved the existence of global classical solutions with small data applying small energy techniques. This time, we prove the existence of a set of initial values which guarantees the solution to be global. We know the set is not bounded in the escalated energy spaces (Sobolev spaces). For the purpose, we establish approximate equations with another dissipative term which give a devised penalty to the solutions and lead the solutions to be bounded for all t > 0. Therefore we give an improvement to existence theories of equations describing a local statement of balance of momentum for materials for which the stress is related to strain and strain rate. These have been studied by many authors (cf. Greenberg et al. 19], Greenberg [10], Davis [3], Clements [2], Andrews [1], Yamada [12], Webb [13], etc.)