Ogbiyele, P. A.Arawomo, P. O.2023-03-212023-03-2120221096-08130022-247Xui_art_ogbiyele_energy_2022Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 505, pp. 1-14http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8116In this paper, we consider the following viscoelastic wave equation with space-time dependent potential and where the initial data u0(x), u1(x)have compact support. Under suitable assumptions on the relaxation function g and the potential b, we obtain a more general energy decay result using the perturbed energy method.enEnergy decayDamping potentialAsymptotic behaviourArticle