On the time polynomial decay in elastic solids with voids ✩

In this paper we investigate the temporal decay behavior of the solutions of the one-dimensional problem in various theories of continua with voids. It has been proved that the coupling of the elastic structure with porous microstructure is weak in the sense that in many situations the temporal decay of solutions is slow. We have considered some theories of porous continua when the deformation-rate tensor or time-rate or porosity function or thermal effects is present. We have proved that the decay cannot be controlled by a negative exponential. The natural question now is whether there exist or not a polynomial rate of decay of the solution in some appropriate norms. In this paper we consider some cases where the decay is slow and we obtain polynomial decay estimates. In concrete we consider the case when only the viscoelastic effect is present, the case when the motion of voids is assumed to be quasi-static and the porous viscosity is present and we finish with the case of the porous-elasticity when thermal effect is coupled. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved