Lie-group theoretic method for analyzing interaction of discontinuous waves in a relaxing gas

A Lie group of transformations method is used to establish self-similar solutions to the problem of shock wave propagation through a relaxing gas and its interaction with the weak discontinuity wave. The forms of the equilibrium value of the vibrational energy and the relaxation time, varying with the density and pressure are determined for which the system admits self-similar solutions. A particular solution to the problem has been found out and used to study the effects of specific heat ratio and ambient density exponent on the flow parameters. The coefficients of amplitudes of reflected and transmitted waves after the interaction are determined.     

Lie-group theoretic method for analyzing interaction of discontinuous waves in a relaxing gas

A Lie group of transformations method is used to establish self-similar solutions to the problem of shock wave propagation through a relaxing gas and its interaction with the weak discontinuity wave. The forms of the equilibrium value of the vibrational energy and the relaxation time, varying with the density and pressure are determined for which the system admits self-similar solutions. A particular solution to the problem has been found out and used to study the effects of specific heat ratio and ambient density exponent on the flow parameters. The coefficients of amplitudes of reflected and transmitted waves after the interaction are determined.     

ON INTERACTION OF SHOCK AND SOUND WAVE （I）

This paper studies the interaction of shock and gradient wave (sound wave) of solutions to the system of inviscid isentropic gas dynamics as a model for the corresponding problems for nonlinear hyperbolic systems. The problem can be reduced to a boundary value problem in a wedged dormain, By using the method of constructing asymptotic solutions and Newton‘siteration process it is proved that if a weak shock hits a gradient wave, then the grandient wave will split into two gradient waves, while the shock continuses propagating. In this paper the author reduces the problem to a standard form and constructs asymptotic solution of the problem. The existence of the genuine solution will he given in the following paper.     

一类KdV-Burgers方程的奇摄动解与孤子解

讨论了一类具有大Reynolds数且弱频散性的KdV-Burgers方程, 在数学上表示为一类奇摄动KdV-Burgers方程.KdV-Burgers方程中含有的非线性项与频散项互补作用形成稳定向前传播的孤立子.通过数学分析, 描述了孤立子的传播途径和传播速度等物理量的发展变化规律.通过奇摄动展开方法, 构造了该问题的渐近解.首先,用Riemann-Earnshaw方法求得退化解, 得到了简单波, 该简单波波形中的任意一点与初始点都存在一个传播速度差, 这使得波在传播过程中波形不断畸变, 最终形成冲击波面, 即间断面, 在它的两侧质点的速度有一个跳跃, 且随时间不断变化;其次, 在退化解的间断曲面处做变量替换, 构造一种修正的行波变换, 得到了内解展开式的孤子解, 并证明了内外解的存在性与唯一性;最后,通过一致有界逆算子的存在性做了余项估计, 并得到渐近解的一致有效性.结果表明, KdV-Burgers方程在大Reynolds数且弱频散性的性质下,扰动集中在退化解的间断面附近,孤立子链接两侧质点,其传播途径不是时间与空间的线性形式,而是沿着退化解的间断面附近传播,形成稳定的波形.     

ON INTERACTION OF SHOCK AND SOUND WAVE (Ⅰ)

1.IntroductionRecentlythestudyofdiscontinuoussolutionforthesystemofconservationlawsinhigherdimensionalspacehasbeenconsiderablydeveloped.In[1,W12]thelocalekistenceof8olutionforsuclisystemwithdiscontinuityinvolvingsingleshock,rarefactionwaveorsoundwav(gradientwave)hasbeenestablished.In[2Jand[14]theproblemsoninteractionoftwoshocksorinteractionofweaksingularitiesarealsoconsidered.Itisnaturaltoaskwhatabouttheresultwhenashockisinteractedbyawavewitliweakersillgularities,particularly,forthenbynsystem…     

Undercompressive shock waves in Hall‐magnetohydrodynamics

We study the propagation of nonlinear waves in a Hall‐magnetohydrodynamic model. An asymptotic method is used to derive the Gardner‐Burgers equation for fast magnetosonic waves; here, the flux function is nonconvex with both quadratic and cubic nonlinearities, and the evolution equation involves both second‐ and third‐order derivatives representing diffusion and dispersion terms, respectively. Effects of Hall parameter are discussed on the evolution of waves and their interaction by solving a pair of Riemann problems both analytically and numerically. It is shown that the Hall parameter is responsible for shock splitting—a phenomenon that is completely absent in ideal magnetohydrodynamic; indeed, the Hall parameter plays a significant role in deciding about the structure of the solution that involves undercompressive shocks and their interaction with refracted waves and the Lax shocks. It is found that increasing Hall parameter means increasing dispersion that triggers the physical mechanism causing speed and strength of an undercompressive shock to increase and the wave‐fan width to decrease; numerical solutions substantiate these features predicted by the analytical solution.     

Die Ausbreitung räumlicher Stosswellen in ein ruhendes Medium

Summary The propagation of weak three-dimensional shock waves through an isotropic medium at rest is investigated. The shock strength may depend on the time and on the direction of propagation. Analytic solutions are given for the change of the flow quantities across the shock and for the distance of the shock from the centre. The application of the results is illustrated in an example.     

Global structure and asymptotic behavior of weak solutions to flood wave equations

The present paper concerns with the global structure and asymptotic behavior of the discontinuous solutions to flood wave equations. By solving a free boundary problem, we first obtain the global structure and large time behavior of the weak solutions containing two shock waves. For the Cauchy problem with a class of initial data, we use Glimm scheme to obtain a uniform BV estimate both with respect to time and the relaxation parameter. This yields the global existence of BV solution and convergence to the equilibrium equation as the relaxation parameter tends to 0.     

Formation of singularities for viscosity solutions of hamilton—jacobi equations in one space variable

In this work we study the generation and propagation of singularities (shock waves) of the solution of the Cauchy problem for Hamilton-Jacobi equations in one space variable, under no assumption on the convexity or concavity of the hamiltonian. We study the problem in the class of viscosity solutions, which is the correct class of weak solutions. We obtain the exact global structure of the shock waves by studying the way the characteristics cross. We construct the viscosity solution by either selecting a single-valued branch of the multi-valued function given as a solution by the method of characteristics or constructing explicitly the proper rarefaction waves.     

Asymptotic theory of the asymmetry parameters of a weak shock wave

A theory of the asymmetry parameters of a weak shock wave in a binary gas mixture, based on the expansion of the solutions of the Burnett equations in series in a small parameter of the shock wave intensity, that ensures the asymptotic accuracy of the required data, is given. The dependence of the solution on the characteristics of the mixture is examined. The known results for a polyatomic gas are refined and supplemented.     

Stability of the Riemann solutions for a nonstrictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws

We prove that the Riemann solutions are stable for a nonstrictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws under local small perturbations of the Riemann initial data. The proof is based on the detailed analysis of the interactions of delta shock waves with shock waves and rarefaction waves. During the interaction process of the delta shock wave with the rarefaction wave, a new kind of nonclassical wave, namely a delta contact discontinuity, is discovered here, which is a Dirac delta function supported on a contact discontinuity and has already appeared in the interaction process for the magnetohydrodynamics equations [M. Nedeljkov and M. Oberguggenberger, Interactions of delta shock waves in a strictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 344 (2008) 1143-1157]. Moreover, the global structures and large time asymptotic behaviors of the solutions are constructed and analyzed case by case.     

Modulated High-Frequency Waves

We construct asymptotic approximations to solutions of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws, when the initial data is small-amplitude high-frequency waves with modulated wave number. We show that the nonlinear multiwave interaction terms approach zero in the asymptotic limit, so that the wave components satisfy decoupled Burgers equations, provided a certain nonresonance condition holds. This extends previous results on more strictly nonresonant or everywhere resonant waves, to permit modulated high frequencies to pass through resonant and nonresonant values. We show how these results apply to high-frequency wave propagation in a nonhomogeneous medium or on a nonuniform base state. We illustrate our conclusions with numerical examples and discuss a phenomenon of localized resonance.     

Periodic Travelling Waves and Compactons in Granular Chains

We study the propagation of an unusual type of periodic travelling waves in chains of identical beads interacting via Hertz’s contact forces. Each bead periodically undergoes a compression phase followed by free flight, due to special properties of Hertzian interactions (fully nonlinear under compression and vanishing in the absence of contact). We prove the existence of such waves close to binary oscillations, and numerically continue these solutions when their wavelength is increased. In the long wave limit, we observe their convergence towards shock profiles consisting of small compression regions close to solitary waves, alternating with large domains of free flight where bead velocities are small. We give formal arguments to justify this asymptotic behavior, using a matching technique and previous results concerning solitary wave solutions. The numerical finding of such waves implies the existence of compactons, i.e. compactly supported compression waves propagating at a constant velocity, depending on the amplitude and width of the wave. The beads are stationary and separated by equal gaps outside the wave, and each bead reached by the wave is shifted by a finite distance during a finite time interval. Below a critical wave number, we observe fast instabilities of the periodic travelling waves, leading to a disordered regime.     

Propagation of Surface Waves at High Frequencies

An asymptotic theory is presented for the analysis of surfacewave propagation at high frequencies. The theory is developedfor scalar surface waves satisfying an impedance boundary conditionon a surface, which may be curved and, whose impedance may bevariable. A surface eikonal equation is derived for the phaseof the surface wave field, and it is shown that the wave fieldpropagates over the surface along the surface rays, which arethe characteristics of the surface eikonal equation. The wavefield in space is found by solving certain eikonal and transportequations with the aid of complex rays. The theory is then appliedto several examples: axial waves on a circular cylinder, sphericallysymmetric waves on a sphere, waves on a circular cone with avariable impedance, and waves on the plane boundary of an inhomogeneousmedium. In each case it is found that the asymptotic expansionof the exact solution agrees with the asymptotic solution.     

The singular solutions to a nonsymmetric system of Keyfitz-Kranzer type with initial data of Riemann type

The solutions to the Riemann problem for a nonsymmetric system of Keyfitz-Kranzer type are constructed explicitly when the initial data are located in the quarter phase plane. In particular, some singular hyperbolic waves are discovered when one of the Riemann initial data is located on the boundary of the quarter phase plane, such as the delta shock wave and some composite waves in which the contact discontinuity coincides with the shock wave or the wave back of rarefaction wave. The double Riemann problem for this system with three piecewise constant states is also considered when the delta shock wave is involved. Furthermore, the global solutions to the double Riemann problem are constructed through studying the interaction between the delta shock wave and the other elementary waves by using the method of characteristics. Some interesting nonlinear phenomena are discovered during the process of constructing solutions; for example, a delta shock wave is decomposed into a delta contact discontinuity and a shock wave.     

The Boundary Value Problem for the Nonlinear Shallow Water Equations

We propose an approximate analytical solution of the boundary value problem (BVP) for the nonlinear shallow waters equations. Our work, based on the Carrier and Greenspan [ 1 ] hodograph transformation, focuses on the propagation of nonlinear nonbreaking waves over a uniformly plane beach. Available results are briefly discussed with specific emphasis on the comparison between the Initial Value Problem and the BVP; the latter more completely representing the physical phenomenon of wave propagation on a beach. The solution of the BVP is achieved through a perturbation approach solely using the assumption of small waves incoming at the seaward boundary of the domain. The most significant results, i.e., the shoreline position estimation, the actual wave height and velocity at the seaward boundary, the reflected wave height and velocity at the seaward boundary are given for three specific input waves and compared with available solutions.     

Interaction of elementary waves for equations of potential flow

Interaction of elementary waves for equations of unsteady potential flow in gas dynamics is considered. Under the assumptions on weakness of strength of the elementary waves the structure of solutions has been given in various cases of interaction of simple wave with shock, or interaction between simple waves or shocks. Hence the complete results on interaction of weak elementary waves for second-order equation of potential flow are obtained. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the State Education Commission of China.     

Nonexistence of Riemann solutions for a quadratic model deriving from petroleum engineering

The study presented in this work shows that the viscous profile entropy criterion is too selective in reducing the number of solutions to guarantee existence of stable weak self-similar Riemann solutions to conservation laws. This result is shown on a particular quadratic model derived from the three-phase flow equations used in petroleum engineering. The viscosity matrix considered in this work derives from capillary pressures. The Riemann initial data is hyperbolic and corresponds to a Lax 1-shock that does not admit a viscous profile. The nonexistence of a profile in this example is due to the presence of a limit cycle in the vector field associated with the viscous profile entropy criterion.To establish the main result of this work, a complete list of possibilities that could lead to a solution, is examined. This list includes solutions that consist of only classical waves and the solutions that contain at least one nonclassical (shock) wave. The construction of solutions breaks down because either the shock waves do not satisfy the viscous entropy criterion, or the speeds of the waves that comprise a solution are decreasing. To the author's knowledge, this is the first result on nonexistence of stable solutions for models that allow nonclassical (transitional) shock waves.The results presented in this paper are a combination of analytical and numerical work. The theoretical ideas and techniques derive from the bifurcation theory of vector fields and the theory of weak solutions of conservation laws. These are combined with numerical results when no theory is available.