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We study the resolution of discontinuous singularities in gas dynamics via rarefaction waves. The mechanism is well-understood in the one dimensional case. We will prove the non-nonlinear stability of the Riemann problem for…

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A method for solving model nonlinear equations describing plasma oscillations in the presence of viscosity and resistivity is given. By first going to the Lagrangian variables and then transforming the space variable conveniently, the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-04-15 E. Infeld , G. Rowlands , A. A. Skorupski

The unique existence of a weak solution to the homogeneous closed Dirichlet problem on certain D-star-shaped domains is proven for a mixed elliptic-hyperbolic equation. Equations of this kind arise in models for electromagnetic wave…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-12-20 Thomas H. Otway

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-03 Sana Keita , Yves Bourgault

We investigate various analytical and numerical techniques for the coupling of nonlinear hyperbolic systems and, in particular, we introduce here an augmented formulation which allows for the modeling of the dynamics of interfaces between…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Benjamin Boutin , Frédéric Coquel , Philippe G. LeFloch

This paper is concerned with the Riemann problem for the two-dimensional barotropic compressible Euler system with a general strictly increasing pressure law. By means of convex integration, the existence of infinitely many admissible weak…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Kotaro Horimoto

In this paper, the Riemann problem for the pressureless Euler equations with a discontinuous source term is considered. The delta shock wave solution is obtained by combining the generalized Rankine-Hugoniot conditions together with the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-13 Qingling Zhang

The Riemann solutions to Chaplygin Euler equations with a scaled pressure are considered. When the pressure vanishes, there are three cases. The Riemann solution containing two shock waves converges to the delta shock wave solution of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-18 Gan Yin , Chun Shen , Lihui Guo

Time-periodic weak solutions for a coupled hyperbolic-parabolic system are obtained. A linear heat and wave equation are considered on two respective $d$-dimensional spatial domains that share a common $(d-1)$-dimensional interface…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-30 Stanislav Mosny , Boris Muha , Sebastian Schwarzacher , Justin T. Webster

We construct centered rarefaction wave solutions given background solutions to the compressible Euler equations. The flow considered in this article is the homentropic flow of perfect gas governed by compressible Euler equations and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Ruotong Zhang

Some of the most interesting scenarios that can be studied in astrophysics, contain fluids and plasma moving under the influence of strong gravitational fields. To study these problems it is required to implement numerical algorithms robust…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-08 F. D. Lora-Clavijo , J. P. Cruz-Perez , F. S. Guzman , J. A. Gonzalez

The motivation of this study is to find the Riemann solutions of the Aw-Rascle model with a more realistic version of extended Chaplygin gas. Firstly, we establish the Riemann solutions with two different structures, viz., a shock wave…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Priyanka , M. Zafar

We analyze rarefaction wave interactions of self-similar transonic irrotational flow in gas dynamics for the two dimensional Riemann problems. We establish the existence result of the supersonic solution to the prototype nonlinear wave…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Eun Heui Kim , Charis Tsikkou

In this work we study the solution of the Riemann problem for the barotropic version of the conservative symmetric hyperbolic and thermodynamically compatible (SHTC) two-phase flow model introduced in \cite{Romenski2007,Romenski2009}. All…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-29 Ferdinand Thein , Evgeniy Romenski , Michael Dumbser

The relativistic full Euler equations for a Chaplygin gas are studied. The Riemann problem is solved constructively. There are two kinds of Riemann solutions, in which one consists of three contact discontinuities and the other involves a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-26 Zhiqiang Shao

Under the hypothesis of small deformations, the equations of 1D elastodynamics write as a 2 x 2 hyperbolic system of conservation laws. Here, we study the Riemann problem for convex and nonconvex constitutive laws. In the convex case, the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-02-08 H Berjamin , B Lombard , G Chiavassa , N Favrie

In the present work, we revisit the Adlam-Allen (AA) model in order to investigate its numerically observed rarefaction and dispersive shock waves that arise in numerical simulations of the Riemann problem associated with the model. On the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-05-22 Su Yang , Marco Calabrese , Vassilis Koukouloyannis , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

In this paper, we investigate the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the scalar viscous conservation law where the far field states are prescribed. Especially, we deal with the case when the viscosity is of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Akitaka Matsumura , Natsumi Yoshida

This work focuses on the Riemann problem of Euler equations with global constant initial conditions and a single-point heating source, which comes from the physical problem of heating one-dimensional inviscid compressible constant flow. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-25 Changsheng Yu , Chengliang Feng , Zhiqiang Zeng , Tiegang Liu

A solution of a Riemann problem for a strictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws is traditionally expected to consist of rarefaction waves, jump discontinuities, and constant states. In this paper, we investigate whether a Riemann…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Bradley J. Plohr , Stephen Schecter , Dan Marchesin