Electronic Journal of Differential Equations,
Vol. 2012 (2012), No. 128, pp. 1-15.

Title: Energy decay in thermoelasticity type III with 
       viscoelastic damping and delay term
  
Authors: Tijani A. Apalara   (King Fahd Univ., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)
         Salim A. Messaoudi  (King Fahd Univ., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)
	 Muhammad I. Mustafa (King Fahd Univ., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract:
 In this article, we consider a thermoelastic system of type III with a
 viscoelastic damping and internal delay.  We use the multiplier method
 to prove, under suitable assumptions, general energy decay results
 from which the exponential and polynomial types of decay are only 
 special cases.

Submitted June 11, 2012. Published August 15, 2012.
Math Subject Classifications: 35B37, 35L55, 74D05,  93D15, 93D20.
Key Words: Damping; delay; relaxation function; thermoelasticity; 
           viscoelasticity.