Asymptotic behavior of solutions of a viscoelastic Shear beam model with no rotary inertia: General and optimal decay results

In this study, we consider a viscoelastic Shear beam model with no rotary inertia. Specifically, we study ρ 1 φ t t − κ ( φ x + ψ ) x + ( g ∗ φ x x ) ( t ) = 0 , − b ψ x x + κ ( φ x + ψ ) = 0 , \begin{array}{rcl}{\rho }_{1}{\varphi }_{tt}-\kappa {\left({\varphi }_{x}+\psi )}_{x}+\left(g\ast {\varphi }_{xx})\left(t)& =& 0,\\ -b{\psi }_{xx}+\kappa \left({\varphi }_{x}+\psi )& =& 0,\end{array} where the convolution memory function g g belongs to a class of L 1 ( 0 , ∞ ) {L}^{1}\left(0,\infty ) functions that satisfies g ′ ( t ) ≤ − ξ ( t ) ϒ ( g ( t ) ) , ∀ t ≥ 0 , g^{\prime} \left(t)\le -\xi \left(t)\Upsilon \left(g\left(t)),\hspace{1.0em}\forall t\ge 0, where ξ \xi is a positive nonincreasing differentiable function and ϒ \Upsilon is an increasing and convex function near the origin. Using just this general assumptions on the behavior of g g at infinity, we provide optimal and explicit general energy decay rates from which we recover the exponential and polynomial rates when ϒ ( s ) = s p \Upsilon \left(s)={s}^{p} and p p covers the full admissible range [ 1 , 2 ) \left[1,2) . Given this degree of generality, our results improve some of earlier related results in the literature.