Local strong solutions in a quasilinear Moore-Gibson-Thompson type model for thermoviscoelastic evolution in a standard linear solid

Abstract

This manuscript is concerned with the evolution system \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{l} u_{ttt} + \alpha u_{tt} = \big(\gamma(\Theta) u_{xt}\big)_x + \big( \widehat{\gamma}(\Theta) u_x\big)_x, \Theta_t = D \Theta_{xx} + \Gamma(\Theta) u_{xt}^2, \end{array} \right. \] which arises as a simplified model for heat generation during acoustic wave propagation in a one-dimensional viscoelastic medium of standard linear solid type. Under the assumptions that $D>0$ and $\alpha\ge 0$, and that $\gamma, \widehat{\gamma}$ and $\Gamma$ are sufficiently smooth with $\gamma>0, \widehat{\gamma}>0$ and $\Gamma\ge 0$ on $[0,\infty)$, for suitably regular initial data a statement on local existence and uniqueness of solutions in an associated Neumann problem is derived in a suitable framework of strong solvability.