Electronic Journal of Differential Equations,
Vol. 2001(2001), No. 30, pp. 1-9.

Title: A blowup result in a multidimensional semilinear thermoelastic system
        
Author: Salim A. Messaoudi (King Fahd Univ., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract: 
 In this work, we consider a multidimensional semilinear system of
 thermoelasticity and show that the energy of any weak solution blows up in
 finite time if the initial energy is negative. This work generalizes earlier
 results in [5] and [8]. 
 
Submitted February 20, 2001. Published May 7, 2001.
Math Subject Classifications: 35K22, 58D25, 73B30.
Key Words: Thermoelasticity; weak solutions; negative energy; blowup;
           finite time.