Interaction of three and four rarefaction waves of the pressure-gradient system

We study the two-dimensional pressure-gradient system, a subsystem of the two-dimensional compressible Euler system. We consider the problem of interaction of four rarefaction waves which is one case of two-dimensional Riemann problems. It is known that, when two planar waves interact, there exists a smooth solution in the interaction region. In this paper, we establish the existence of a smooth solution in the hyperbolic domain of determinacy, in which we encounter the interaction of simple and planar waves and shock prevention in simple waves.     

Interaction of rarefaction waves in jet stream

In this paper we present a mathematical analysis of a supersonic jet stream out of an orifice into the atmosphere. The analysis involves the interaction of steady rarefaction waves, and the interaction of a rarefaction wave by the interface of the jet stream. The existence of the classical solution in the region of interactions of rarefaction waves is established. For small pressure difference the existence of the classical solution in the region of reflection is also obtained. Finally, for large pressure difference vacuum may be produced by strong expanding, and the corresponding wave structure with vacuum is also analyzed.     

Perturbation of rarefaction waves

Consider a pair of genuinely nonlinear strictly hyperbolic conservation lawsU _t +F(U) _x =0 with initial dataU(O,X)=U _o (X). Suppose that the initial dataU _o (X)=U ₁ (X)+U ₂ (X), whereU ₁ (X) will issue rarefaction waves only,U ₂ (X) has any finite total variation and sufficiently small deviation. We prove that the Cauchy problem has a global solution. This work is supported in part by the Foudation of Zhongshan University Advanced Research Centre.     

Zero relaxation limit to centered rarefaction waves for Jin-Xin relaxation system

In this paper, we study the zero relaxation limit problem for the following Jin-Xin relaxation system

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二维气体动力学中压差方程的特征分解和简单波

利用直接的方法讨论了在自相似平面上气体动力学中二维压差方程的特征分解理论,得到了压强P和特征值A±的特征分解.进一步地,若流动来自常状态,还可得到速度（u,v）的特征分解.由此,可以得到与常状态流动相邻的流动是简单波,并说明了简单波的流动区域是被一族直线所覆盖,且沿着每条直线, （P,u,v）为常数.     

The Riemann problem for the pressure-gradient system in three pieces

The Riemann problem for a two-dimensional pressure-gradient system is considered. The initial data are three constants in three fan domains forming different angles. Under the assumption that only a rarefaction wave, shock wave or contact discontinuity connects two neighboring constant initial states, it is proved that the cases involving three rarefaction waves are impossible. For the cases involving one shock (rarefaction) wave and two rarefaction (shock) waves, only the combinations when the three elementary waves have the same sign are possible (impossible).     

Decay rates to the planar rarefaction waves for a model system of the radiating gas in n dimensions

In this paper, we study the asymptotic decay rates to the planar rarefaction waves to the Cauchy problem for a hyperbolic-elliptic coupled system called as a model system of the radiating gas in Rn (n=3,4,5) if the initial perturbations corresponding to the planar rarefaction waves are sufficiently small in (H²∩L¹∩W2,6) (Rn). The analysis is based on the Lp-energy method and several special interpolation inequalities.     

Numerical study of the interaction between shocks and rarefaction waves in an ideal gas

The interaction between shock waves and rarefaction waves is numerically studied using the one-dimensional Euler equations for an ideal gas. A specific form of solutions, which are called contact regions, is detected. They represent extended zones with continuously varying density and temperature at constant pressure and velocity. It is shown that, at long times, the solutions to the interaction problem tend to those to the Riemann problems with the contact discontinuity replaced by a contact region.     

On two-dimensional gas expansion for pressure-gradient equations of Euler system

In this paper we establish the existence of global continuous solutions of gas expansion into a vacuum for the two-dimensional pressure-gradient equations in gas dynamics. Under irrotational condition, By hodograph transformation, the flow is governed by the equation (p−p²_v)p_uu+2p_up_vp_uv+(p−p²_u)p_vv=0, which can be further reduced to a inhomogeneous linearly degenerate system of three equations. Then the problem of the expansion of a wedge of gas into a vacuum is solved in the same way.     

Convergence to rarefaction waves for the nonlinear Boltzmann equation and compressible Navier-Stokes equations

The main purpose of this paper is to study the asymptotic equivalence of the Boltzmann equation for the hard-sphere collision model to its corresponding Euler equations of compressible gas dynamics in the limit of small mean free path. When the fluid flow is a smooth rarefaction (or centered rarefaction) wave with finite strength, the corresponding Boltzmann solution exists globally in time, and the solution converges to the rarefaction wave uniformly for all time (or away from t=0) as ?→0. A decomposition of a Boltzmann solution into its macroscopic (fluid) part and microscopic (kinetic) part is adopted to rewrite the Boltzmann equation in a form of compressible Navier-Stokes equations with source terms. In this setting, the same asymptotic equivalence of the full compressible Navier-Stokes equations to its corresponding Euler equations in the limit of small viscosity and heat conductivity (depending on the viscosity) is also obtained.     

Characteristic decompositions and interactions of rarefaction waves of 2-D Euler equations

This paper is concerned with classical solutions to the interaction of two arbitrary planar rarefaction waves for the self-similar Euler equations in two space dimensions. We develop the direct approach, started in Chen and Zheng (in press) [3], to the problem to recover all the properties of the solutions obtained via the hodograph transformation of Li and Zheng (2009) [14]. The direct approach, as opposed to the hodograph transformation, is straightforward and avoids the common difficulties of the hodograph transformation associated with simple waves and boundaries. The approach is made up of various characteristic decompositions of the self-similar Euler equations for the speed of sound and inclination angles of characteristics.     

Nonconservative scheme with the isentropic condition in rarefaction waves as applied to the compressible Euler equations

A previously developed second-order accurate quasi-monotone scheme is tested using the Riemann problem with high initial pressure and density ratios. For shock waves, the scheme is conservative, while, in rarefaction waves, the isentropic condition along the trajectory of a Lagrangian particle is used instead of conservativeness in energy. It is shown that the shock front position produced by the scheme has no considerable errors typical of a representative set of conservative quasi-monotone schemes of various orders of accuracy. The numerical accuracy is significantly improved in the case of moving grids with a contact discontinuity explicitly introduced in the form of a grid node. It is shown how the method can be extended to cover the multidimensional case and the presence of additional terms in the original equations.     

Nonlinear stability of strong rarefaction waves for the generalized KdV-Burgers-Kuramoto equation with large initial perturbation

In was shown in Ruan et al. (2008) [3] that rarefaction waves for the generalized KdV-Burgers-Kuramoto equation are nonlinearly stable provided that both the strength of the rarefaction waves and the initial perturbation are sufficiently small. The main purpose of this work is concerned with nonlinear stability of strong rarefaction waves for the generalized KdV-Burgers-Kuramoto equation with large initial perturbation. In our results, we do not require the strength of the rarefaction waves to be small and when the smooth nonlinear flux function satisfies certain growth condition at infinity, the initial perturbation can be chosen arbitrarily in , while for a general smooth nonlinear flux function, we need to ask for the L²-norm of the initial perturbation to be small but the L²-norm of the first derivative of the initial perturbation can be large and, consequently, the -norm of the initial perturbation can also be large.     

Zero dissipation limit to rarefaction waves for the one-dimensional navier-stokes equations of compressible isentropic gases

We study the zero dissipation limit problem for the one-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations of compressible, isentropic gases in the case that the corresponding Euler equations have rarefaction wave solutions. We prove that the solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations with centered rarefaction wave data exist for all time, and converge to the centered rarefaction waves as the viscosity vanishes, uniformly away from the initial discontinuities. In the case that either the effects of initial layers are ignored or the rarefaction waves are smooth, we then obtain a rate of convergence which is valid uniformly for all time. Our method of proof consists of a scaling argument and elementary energy analysis, based on the underlying wave structure. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Long-time behaviour of a one-dimensional BGK model: convergence to macroscopic rarefaction waves

For one-dimensional kinetic BGK models, regarded as relaxation models for scalar conservation laws with genuinely nonlinear fluxes, we prove that the macroscopic density converges to the rarefaction wave solution of the corresponding scalar conservation law in the long time limit, and that the phase space density approaches an equilibrium distribution with the rarefaction wave as macroscopic density. The proof requires a smallness assumption on the amplitude of the rarefaction waves and uses a micro-macro decomposition of the perturbation equation.     

Long-time behaviour of a one-dimensional BGK model: convergence to macroscopic rarefaction waves

For one-dimensional kinetic BGK models, regarded as relaxation models for scalar conservation laws with genuinely nonlinear fluxes, we prove that the macroscopic density converges to the rarefaction wave solution of the corresponding scalar conservation law in the long time limit, and that the phase space density approaches an equilibrium distribution with the rarefaction wave as macroscopic density. The proof requires a smallness assumption on the amplitude of the rarefaction waves and uses a micro-macro decomposition of the perturbation equation.     

Decay estimate for a new measure of rarefaction waves in general systems of conservation laws

The sharp decay estimate of rarefaction waves in terms of a partial ordering among positive measures is not only interesting in itself but also crucial in the study of convergence rate of vanishing viscosity approximations, cf. Bressan and Yang (2004) [10]. Such an estimate is well established for genuinely nonlinear system of conservation laws, cf. Bressan and Yang (2004) [9]. But similar result is not available for non-genuinely nonlinear system. In this paper, we give a new measure about the rarefaction waves. In addition, a sharp decay estimate of the new measure is given for the cubic nonlinear system of conservation laws.     

Interaction of acoustic waves with shock waves in elastic solids

Summary Transmission and reflexion of plane acoustic waves through a longitudinal shock wave in elastic isotropic solids are investigated. As a result, the amplitude of the transmitted and reflected waves and the jump of the acceleration of the shock are explicitly determined.

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Résumé On envisage la transmission et la réflexion d'une onde acoustique plane par une onde de choc longitudinale dans les solides élastiques isotropes. On détermine explicitement l'amplitude des ondes transmises et réflechies et le saut de l'acceleration du choc.