Global vs Blow-Up Solutions and Optimal Threshold for Hyperbolic ODEs with Possibly Singular Nonlinearities

We consider a hyperbolic ordinary differential equation perturbed by a nonlinearity which can be singular at a point and in particular this includes MEMS type equations. We first study qualitative properties of the solution to the stationary problem. Then, for small value of the perturbation parameter as well as initial value, we establish the existence of a global solution by means of the Lyapunov function and we show that the omega limit set consists of a solution to the stationary problem. For strong perturbations or large initial values, we show that the solution blows up. Finally, we discuss the relationship between upper bounds of the perturbation parameter for the existence of time-dependent and stationary solutions, for which we establish an optimal threshold.