Exponential decay in one-dimensional porous-thereto-elasticity

This paper concerns the one-dimensional problem of the porous-thereto-elasticity. Two kinds of dissipation process are considered: the viscosity type in the porous structure and the thermal dissipation. It is known that when only thermal damping is considered or when only porous damping is considered we have the slow decay of the solutions. Here we prove that when both kinds of dissipation terms are taken into account in the evolution equations the solutions are exponentially stable. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.