Mechanical Representation and Stability of Dynamical Systems Containing Fractional Springpot Elements

In this article we consider the Lyapunov stability of mechanical systems containing fractional springpot elements. We obtain the potential energy of a springpot by an infinite dimensional mechanical analogue model. Furthermore, we consider a simple dynamical system containing a springpot as a functional differential equation and use the potential energy of the springpot in a Lyapunov functional to prove uniform stability and discuss asymptotic stability of the equilibrium with the help of an invariance theorem.