Decays for Kelvin--Voigt Damped Wave Equations I: The Black Box Perturbative Method

Abstract

We show in this article how perturbative approaches from N. Burq and M. Hitrik [Math. Res. Lett., 14 (2007), pp. 35--47] and the black box strategy from N. Burq and M. Zworski [J. Amer. Math. Soc., 17 (2004), pp. 443--471] allow us to obtain decay rates for Kelvin--Voigt damped wave equations from quite standard resolvent estimates: Carleman estimates or geometric control estimates for Helmoltz equation; Carleman or other resolvent estimates for the Helmoltz equation. Though in this context of Kelvin--Voigt damping, such an approach is unlikely to allow for the optimal results when additional geometric assumptions are considered, it turns out that using this method, we can obtain the usual logarithmic decay which is optimal in general cases. We also present some applications of this approach giving decay rates in some particular geometries (tori).