In this paper, the initial-boundary value problem for a class of fourth-order nonlinear parabolic equations modeling the epitaxial growth of thin films is studied. By means of the theory of potential wells, the global existence, asymptotic behavior and finite time blow-up of weak solutions are obtained.

This paper is concerned with the initial boundary value problem for viscoelastic Kirchhoff-like plate equations with rotational inertia, memory, p-Laplacian restoring force, weak damping, strong damping, and nonlinear source terms. We establish the local existence and uniqueness of the solution by linearization and the contraction mapping principle. Then, we obtain the global existence of solutions with subcritical and critical initial energy by applying potential well theory. Then, we prove the asymptotic behavior of the global solution with positive initial energy strictly below the depth of the potential well. Finally, we conduct a comprehensive study on the finite time blow-up of solutions with negative initial energy, null initial energy, and positive initial energy strictly below the depth of the potential well and arbitrary positive initial energy, respectively.

In this paper, we study the initial boundary value problem for a class of fourth order damped wave equations with arbitrary positive initial energy. In the framework of the energy method, we further exploit the properties of the Nehari functional. Finally, the global existence and finite time blow-up of solutions are obtained.

We study the initial boundary value problem for a fourth-order parabolic equation with nonstandard growth conditions. We establish the local existence of weak solutions and derive the finite time blow-up of solutions with nonpositive initial energy.

This paper is concerned with a nonlinear plate equation modeling the oscillations of suspension bridges. Under mixed boundary conditions consisting of simply supported and free boundary conditions, we obtain the global well-posedness of solutions in suitable function spaces. In addition, we use the perturbed energy method to prove the existence of a bounded absorbing set and establish a stabilizability estimate. Then, we derive the existence of a global attractor by verifying the asymptotic smoothness of the corresponding dissipative dynamical system.

This paper is concerned with a coupled system modeling the oscillations of suspension bridges, which consists of a beam equation and a viscoelastic string equation. We first transformed the original initial-boundary value problem into an equivalent one in the history space framework. Then we obtained the global well-posedness and regularity of mild solutions by using the semigroup theory. In addition, we employed the perturbed energy method to establish a stabilizability estimate. By verifying the gradient property and quasi-stability of the corresponding dynamical system, we derived the existence of a global attractor with finite fractal dimension.