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A note on the Riemann solutions to the isentropic Euler equations in the vanishing pressure limit

Analysis of PDEs 2018-12-03 v2

Abstract

The behaviour of the solutions to the Riemann problem for the isentropic Euler equations when the pressure vanishes is analysed. It is shown that any solution composed of a 1-shock wave and a 2-rarefaction wave tends to a two-shock wave when the pressure gets smaller than a fixed value determined by the Riemann data; by contrast, any solution composed of a 1-rarefaction wave and a 2-shock wave tends to a two-rarefaction wave. The two situations are illustrated with numerical tests.

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@article{arxiv.1805.04641,
  title  = {A note on the Riemann solutions to the isentropic Euler equations in the vanishing pressure limit},
  author = {Sana Keita and Yves Bourgault},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.04641},
  year   = {2018}
}