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We show uniqueness and stability in $L^2$ and for all time for piecewise-smooth solutions to hyperbolic balance laws. We have in mind applications to gas dynamics, the isentropic Euler system and the full Euler system for a polytropic gas…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-26 Sam G. Krupa

We investigate the large-time asymptotic behavior toward the planar entropy wave for the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations in Eulerian coordinates, considering two types of initial perturbations -- with and without the assumption…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-20 Ren-Jun Duan , Feimin Huang , Rui Li , Lingda Xu

We are concerned with the structural stability of conical shocks in the three-dimensional steady supersonic flows past Lipschitz perturbed cones whose vertex angles are less than the critical angle. The flows under consideration are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-25 Gui-Qiang G. Chen , Jie Kuang , Yongqian Zhang

Homogenization of the equations of motion for a three dimensional periodic elastic system is considered. Expressions are obtained for the fully dynamic effective material parameters governing the spatially averaged fields by using the plane…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-04-26 A. N. Norris , A. L. Shuvalov , A. A. Kutsenko

In this paper, we examine the stability problem for viscous shock solutions of the isentropic compressible Navier--Stokes equations, or $p$-system with real viscosity. We first revisit the work of Matsumura and Nishihara, extending the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-12 Blake Barker , Jeffrey Humpherys , Keith Rudd , Kevin Zumbrun

Nonlinear acoustic evolution is often discussed in the context of wave-steepening that leads to shock formation, and is of special interest in applications where the shock continues to strengthen due to a narrowing of its channel or the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-12-27 Tamar Faran , Christopher D. Matzner , Eliot Quataert

We review asymptotic stability of solitary waves for nonlinear dispersive equations set on the line. Our focus is threefold: first, the nonlinear Schrodinger equation; second, the notion of full asymptotic stability (which states that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Pierre Germain

In a recent work, Somogyfoki et al. (J. Non-Equilib. Thermodyn. 50, 59-76, 2025) analysed the linear stability of homogeneous equilibrium in third-order non-Fourier heat conduction within the framework of non-equilibrium thermodynamics with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-16 Peter Ván , Réka Somogyfoki

In this paper, we study the orbital stability of standing waves for one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with potentials. We show that the standing waves are orbitally stable for all frequencies in the $L^{2}$- subcritical and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Noriyoshi Fukaya , Masahiro Ikeda , Hiroaki Kikuchi

Strong discontinuities in solutions of the gas dynamic equations under isentropic conditions, i.e., with continuity of entropy at the discontinuity, are examined. Solutions for a standard shock wave with continuity of energy at the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-28 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , S. G. Moiseenko

In this paper, both structural and dynamical stabilities of steady transonic shock solutions for one-dimensional Euler-Poission system are investigated. First, a steady transonic shock solution with supersonic backgroumd charge is shown to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Tao Luo , Jeffrey Rauch , Chunjing Xie , Zhouping Xin

A linear stability analysis of the hydrodynamic equations with respect to the homogeneous cooling state is performed to study the conditions for stability of a suspension of solid particles immersed in a viscous gas. The dissipation in such…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-03-28 Rubén Gómez González , Vicente Garzó

Extending results of Humpherys-Lyng-Zumbrun in the one-dimensional case, we use a combination of asymptotic ODE estimates and numerical Evans-function computations to examine the multidimensional stability of planar Navier--Stokes shocks…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-08-02 Jeffrey Humpherys , Gregory Lyng , Kevin Zumbrun

In this article we develop a fully discrete variational scheme that approximates the equations of three dimensional elastodynamics with polyconvex stored energy. The fully discrete scheme is based on a time-discrete variational scheme…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Alexey Miroshnikov

The KdV-Burgers equation is a canonical model describing the interplay between nonlinearity, viscosity and dispersion, and it admits viscous-dispersive shocks as traveling wave solutions. In this paper, we establish an $L^2$-contraction…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Geng Chen , Namhyun Eun , Moon-Jin Kang , Yannan Shen

Extending our previous work in the strictly parabolic case, we show that a linearly unstable Lax-type viscous shock solution of a general quasilinear hyperbolic--parabolic system of conservation laws possesses a translation-invariant center…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Kevin Zumbrun

This paper studies the structural implications of constant vorticity for steady three-dimensional internal water waves. It is known that in many physical regimes, water waves beneath vacuum that have constant vorticity are necessarily two…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-09 Robin Ming Chen , Lili Fan , Samuel Walsh , Miles H. Wheeler

In contrast to the traditional elastodynamic equations, a more comprehensive formulation of one dimensional (1D) elastodynamic equations is given for inhomogeneous media by using the coordinate transformation method. These modified…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-03-23 Ruiwen Yao , Zhihai Xiang

Using the theory of $1+1$ hyperbolic systems we put in perspective the mathematical and geometrical structure of the celebrated circularly polarized waves solutions for isotropic hyperelastic materials determined by Carroll in Acta…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-08-27 Giuseppe Saccomandi , Raffaele Vitolo

We study the behavior of perturbations in a compressible one-dimensional inviscid gas with an ambient state consisting of constant pressure and periodically-varying density. We show through asymptotic analysis that long-wavelength…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-27 David I. Ketcheson , Giovanni Russo