We consider the following Cauchy problem for weakly coupled systems of semilinear damped elastic waves with a power source nonlinearity in three dimensions:
Utt−a2ΔU−b2−a2∇divU+(−Δ)θUt=F(U),(t,x)∈(0,∞)×double-struckR3,
where
U=Ufalse(t,xfalse)=()Ufalse(1false)false(t,xfalse),Ufalse(2false)false(t,xfalse),Ufalse(3false)false(t,xfalse)normalT with b2 > a2 > 0 and θ ∈ [0,1]. Our interests are some qualitative properties of solutions to the corresponding linear model with vanishing right‐hand side and the influence of the value of θ on the exponents p1,p2,p3 in
Ffalse(Ufalse)=()false|Ufalse(3false)|p1,false|Ufalse(1false)|p2,false|Ufalse(2false)|p3normalT to get results for the global (in time) existence of small data solutions.