Electronic Journal of Differential Equations,
Vol. 2013 (2013), No. 12, pp. 1-11.

Title: Blow-up and general decay of solutions
       for a nonlinear viscoelastic equation
        
Authors: Wenying Chen (Chongqing Three Gorges Univ., Chongqing, China)
         Yangping Xiong (Zhejiang Normal Univ., Jinhua 321004, China)
        
Abstract:
 In this article we investigate a nonlinear viscoelastic equation
 that admits blow-up and decay. First, we establish blow-up
 results for this equation, even for vanishing initial energy.
 Then, we show that the solutions decay under suitable conditions.

Submitted November 19, 2012. Published January 14, 2013.
Math Subject Classifications: 35B45, 35B65, 35Q30, 76D05.
Key Words: Blow-up; decay; viscoelastic equation.