In this paper, we consider the nonlinear Kirchhoff-type equation $$u_{tt}+M\left({∥D^{m}u\left(t\right)∥}_2^2\right){(-\Delta )}^{m}u+{\left|u_t\right|}^{q-2}{u}_t={\left|u_t\right|}^{p-2}u$$ with initial conditions and homogeneous boundary conditions. Under suitable conditions on the initial datum, we prove that the solution blows up in finite time.

We consider the initial value problem for the nonlinear partial differential equations describing the motion of an inhomogeneous and anisotropic hyperelastic medium. We assume that the stored energy function of the hyperelastic material is a function of the point x and the nonlinear Green-St. Venant strain tensor $e_{jk}$. Moreover, we assume that the stored energy function is $C^{\infty }$ with respect to x and $e_{jk}$. In our description we assume that Piola-Kirchhoff’s stress tensor $p_{jk}$ depends on the tensor $e_{jk}$. This means...

We focus on the blow-up in finite time of weak solutions to the wave equation with interior and boundary nonlinear sources and dissipations. Our central interest is the relationship of the sources and damping terms to the behavior of solutions. We prove that under specific conditions relating the sources and the dissipations (namely p > m and k > m), weak solutions blow up in finite time.

Consider the nonlinear heat equation (E): $u_t-\Delta u={\left|u\right|}^{p-1}u+b{\left|\nabla u\right|}^q$. We prove that for a large class of radial, positive, nonglobal solutions of (E), one has the blowup estimates $C₁{(T-t)}^{-1/(p-1)}{\le \left|\right|u\left(t\right)\left|\right|}_{\infty }\le C₂{(T-t)}^{-1/(p-1)}$. Also, as an application of our method, we obtain the same upper estimate if u only satisfies the nonlinear parabolic inequality $u_t-u_{xx}\ge u^p$. More general inequalities of the form $u_t-u_{xx}\ge f\left(u\right)$ with, for instance, $f\left(u\right)=(1+u)lo{g}^p(1+u)$ are also treated. Our results show that for solutions of the parabolic inequality, one has essentially the same estimates as for solutions of the ordinary...

We discuss the effect of time delay on blow-up of solutions to initial-boundary value problems for nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations. Firstly, two examples are given, which indicate that the delay can both induce and prevent the blow-up of solutions. Then we show that adding a new term with delay may not change the blow-up character of solutions.

In this paper, we show finite time blow-up of solutions of the p−wave equation in ℝN, with critical Sobolev exponent. Our work extends a result by Galaktionov and Pohozaev [4]

In this paper, we will consider blowup solutions to the so called Keller-Segel system and its simplified form. The Keller-Segel system was introduced to describe how cellular slime molds aggregate, owing to the motion of the cells toward a higher concentration of a chemical substance produced by themselves. We will describe a common conjecture in connection with blowup solutions to the Keller-Segel system, and some results for solutions to simplified versions of the Keller-Segel system, giving the...