Solutions to quasilinear hyperbolic conservation laws with initial discontinuities. Issue 1 (January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: NIU, Haiping; WANG, Shu
• Is Part Of: Acta mathematica scientia. Volume 38:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 203
• Page End: 219
• Publication Date: 2018-01
• Subjects: singular structure -- quasilinear hyperbolic equations -- elementary wave -- global solutions; 35L65 -- 35L67; Mathematical physics -- Periodicals; 530.15
• DOI: 10.1016/S0252-9602(17)30127-3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0252-9602

Abstract

Abstract: We study the singular structure of a family of two dimensional non-self-similar global solutions and their interactions for quasilinear hyperbolic conservation laws. For the case when the initial discontinuity happens only on two disjoint unit circles and the initial data are two different constant states, global solutions are constructed and some new phenomena are discovered. In the analysis, we first construct the solution for 0 ≤ t < T * . Then, when T * ≤ t < T ', we get a new shock wave between two rarefactions, and then, when t > T ', another shock wave between two shock waves occurs. Finally, we give the large time behavior of the solution when t →∞. The technique does not involve dimensional reduction or coordinate transformation.