International Conference on Advancements in Mathematical Sciences (AMS), Antalya, Türkiye, 5 - 07 Kasım 2015, cilt.1676, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
The aim of the present paper is to study the initial -boundary value problem for a nonlinear Timoshenko equation with high energy initial data. Existence of global weak solutions is proved by sign preserving property of a new functional which is introduced for the potential well method.