Exponential stability for a thermoelastic Bresse system: Theoretical and numerical study

Abstract

This study aims to investigate numerically and theoretically a thermoelastic Bresse system where the heat conduction given by the Green and Naghdi theories. Theoretically, we establish the existence and uniqueness of solutions as well as the exponential stability regardless of the system's parameters. Numerically, we present a finite element approximation, and we show the discrete energy decay. At the end, we provide some numerical results with an error estimate based on additional regularity of the solution.