Analysis of a time-dependent fluid-solid interaction problem above a local rough surface

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the mathematical analysis of time-dependent fluid-solid interaction problem associated with a bounded elastic body immersed in a homogeneous air or fluid above a local rough surface. We reformulate the unbounded scattering problem into an equivalent initial-boundary value problem defined in a bounded domain by proposing a transparent boundary condition (TBC) on a hemisphere. Analyzing the reduced problem with Lax-Milgram lemma and abstract inversion theorem of Laplace transform, we prove the well-posedness and stability for the reduced problem. Moreover, an a priori estimate is established directly in the time domain for the acoustic wave and elastic displacement with using the energy method.