  In this paper, we consider the initial boundary value problem in an exterior
domain for semilinear strongly damped wave equations with power nonlinear term
of the derivative-type $|u_t|^q$ or the mixed-type $|u|^p+|u_t|^q$, where
$p,q>1$. On one hand, employing the Banach fixed-point theorem we prove local
(in time) existence of mild solutions. On the other hand, under some conditions
for initial data and the exponents of power nonlinear terms, the blow-up
results are derived by applying the test function method.
