On a kinetic model for shallow water waves

The system of shallow water waves is one of the classical examples for non-linear, two-dimensional conservation laws. The paper investigates a simple kinetic equation depending on a parameter ? which leads for ? → 0 to the system of shallow water waves. The corresponding ‘equilibrium’ distribution function has a compact support which depends on the eigenvalues of the hyperbolic system. It is shown that this kind of kinetic approach is restricted to a special class of non-linear conservation laws. The kinetic model is used to develop a simple particle method for the numerical solution of shallow water waves. The particle method can be implemented in a straightforward way and produces in test examples sufficiently accurate results.     

On symmetries and conservation laws of the equations of shallow water with an axisymmetric profile of bottom

The local symmetries and conservation laws are calculated for the equations of shallow water with an axisymmetric profile of bottom under the assumption that the corresponding generating functions may depend only on all variables and their derivatives up to the second order. It is shown that if the bottom has the form of a paraboloid of revolution, then there are many symmetries and conservation laws generalizing those for the case of plane bottom.     

On the generalization of conservation law theory to certain degenerate parabolic systems of equations describing processes of compressible two-phase multicomponent filtration

A degenerate parabolic system of equations of two-phase multicomponent filtration is considered. It is shown that this system can be treated as a system of conservation laws and the notions developed in the corresponding theory, such as hyperbolicity, shock waves, Hugoniot relations, stability conditions, Riemann problem, entropy, etc., can be applied to this system. The specific character of the use of such notions in the case of multicomponent filtration is demonstrated. An example of two-component mixture is used to describe the specific properties of solutions of the Riemann problem.     

A non-variational approach to the construction of new ‘higher-order’ conservation laws of the family of nonlinear equations α(ut + 3uux) + β(utxx + 2uxuxx + uuxxx) − γuxxx = 0

In this paper, we study and classify the conservation laws of the combined nonlinear KdV, Camassa–Holm, Hunter–Saxton and the inviscid Burgers equation which arises in, inter alia, shallow water equations. It is shown that these can be obtained by variational methods but the main focus of the paper is the construction of the conservation laws as a consequence of the interplay between symmetry generators and ‘multipliers’, particularly, the higher-order ones.     

Soil water redistribution and extraction flow models: Conservation laws

We determine all the nontrivial conservation laws for soil water redistribution and extraction flow equations which are modelled by a class of (2+1) nonlinear evolution partial differential equations with three arbitrary elements. It is shown that for arbitrary elements in the model equation there exist trivial conservation laws. We point out that nontrivial conservation laws exist for certain classes of equations which admit point symmetries.     

Stable shock waves in two-layer “shallow water”

A criterion is proposed for the correctness of a complete system of conversation laws which assumes the maximum compatability between the domain of convexity of a closing conservation and the domain of hyperbolicity of the differential model. A correct complete system of conservation laws is chosen on the basis of this criterion for a model of two-layer “shallow water” with a free upper boundary in which the laws of conservation of mass in the layers, of total momentum and discontinuity in the velocity at the interface of the layers are the basic conservation laws and the law of conservation of the total energy is the closing conservation law. An analysis of the stable shock (intermittent) waves permitted by this system is presented.     

Hugoniot–Maslov chains of a shock wave in conservation law with polynomial flow

In this paper we give a theoretical foundation to the asymptotical development proposed by V. P. Maslov for shock type singular solutions of conservations laws, in the framework of Colombeau theory of generalized functions. Indeed, operating with Colombeau differential algebra of simplified generalized functions, we proof that Hugoniot–Maslov chains are necessary conditions for the existence of shock waves in conservation laws with polynomial flows. As a particular case, these equations include the Hugoniot–Maslov chains for shock waves in the Hopf equation. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Double Degeneracy in Multiphase Modulation and the Emergence of the Boussinesq Equation

In recent years, a connection between conservation law singularity, or more generally zero characteristics arising within the linear Whitham equations, and the emergence of reduced nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) from systems generated by a Lagrangian density has been made in conservative systems. Remarkably, the conservation laws form part of the reduced nonlinear system. Within this paper, the case of double degeneracy is investigated in multiphase wavetrains, characterized by a double zero characteristic of the linearized Whitham system, with the resulting modulation of relative equilibrium (which are a generalization of the modulation of wavetrains) leading to a vector two‐way Boussinesq equation. The derived PDE adheres to the previous results (such as [1]) in the sense that all but one of its coefficients is related to the conservation laws along the relative equilibrium solution, which are then projected to form a corresponding scalar system. The theory is applied to two examples to highlight how both the criticality can be assessed and the two‐way Boussinesq equation's coefficients are obtained. The first is the coupled Nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) system and is the first time the two‐way Boussinesq equation has been shown to arise in such a context, and the second is a stratified shallow water model which validates the theory against existing results.     

Stationary Expansion Shocks for a Regularized Boussinesq System

Stationary expansion shocks have been identified recently as a new type of solution to hyperbolic conservation laws regularized by nonlocal dispersive terms that naturally arise in shallow‐water theory. These expansion shocks were studied previously for the Benjamin‐Bona‐Mahony (BBM) equation using matched asymptotic expansions. In this paper, we extend the BBM analysis to the regularized Boussinesq system by using Riemann invariants of the underlying dispersionless shallow‐water equations. The extension for a system is nontrivial, requiring a combination of small amplitude, long‐wave expansions with high order matched asymptotics. The constructed asymptotic solution is shown to be in excellent agreement with accurate numerical simulations of the Boussinesq system for a range of appropriately smoothed Riemann data.     

Interaction of Shallow Water Waves

In this paper, we consider the Riemann problem and interaction of elementary waves for a nonlinear hyperbolic system of conservation laws that arises in shallow water theory. This class of equations includes as a special case the equations of classical shallow water equations. We study the bore and dilatation waves and their properties, and show the existence and uniqueness of the solution to the Riemann problem. Towards the end, we discuss numerical results for different initial data along with all possible interactions of elementary waves. It is noticed that in contrast to the p -system, the Riemann problem is solvable for arbitrary initial data, and its solution does not contain vacuum state.     

ANTI-DIFFUSIVE FINITE DIFFERENCE WENO METHODS FOR SHALLOW WATER WITH TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANT

In this paper we further explore and apply our recent anti-diffusive flux corrected highorder finite difference WENO schemes for conservation laws [18] to compute the Saint-Venant system of shallow water equations with pollutant propagation, which is describedby a transport equation. The motivation is that the high order anti-diffusive WENOscheme for conservation laws produces sharp resolution of contact discontinuities whilekeeping high order accuracy for the approximation in the smooth region of the solution.The application of the anti-diffusive high order WENO scheme to the Saint-Venant systemof shallow water equations with transport of pollutant achieves high resolution     

Zeroth-order conservation laws of two-dimensional shallow water equations with variable bottom topography

We classify zeroth-order conservation laws of systems from the class of two-dimensional shallow water equations with variable bottom topography using an optimized version of the method of furcate splitting. The classification is carried out up to equivalence generated by the equivalence group of this class. We find additional point equivalences between some of the listed cases of extensions of the space of zeroth-order conservation laws, which are inequivalent up to transformations from the equivalence group. Hamiltonian structures of systems of shallow water equations are used for relating the classification of zeroth-order conservation laws of these systems to the classification of their Lie symmetries. We also construct generating sets of such conservation laws under action of Lie symmetries.     

Conservation laws for one-layer shallow water wave systems

The problem of correspondence between symmetries and conservation laws for one-layer shallow water wave systems in the plane flow, axisymmetric flow and dispersive waves is investigated from the composite variational principle of view in the development of the study [N.H. Ibragimov, A new conservation theorem, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 333(1) (2007) 311–328]. This method is devoted to construction of conservation laws of non-Lagrangian systems. Composite principle means that in addition to original variables of a given system, one should introduce a set of adjoint variables in order to obtain a system of Euler–Lagrange equations for some variational functional. After studying Lie point and Lie–Bäcklund symmetries, we obtain new local and nonlocal conservation laws. Nonlocal conservation laws comprise nonlocal variables defined by the adjoint equations to shallow water wave systems. In particular, we obtain infinite local conservation laws and potential symmetries for the plane flow case.     

A Note on the Jump Conditions for Systems of Conservation Laws

In [ 1 ], the authors have demonstrated the effect on the Rankine–Hugoniot conditions for a system of conservation laws driven by a singular forcing function and have applied their results to a problem in water waves. We analyze here a similar problem in several space dimensions, in which the singularity in the forcing term involves a simple layer potential supported along the singularity locus. A classical theorem in electrostatics appears as a special case.     

Delta shock waves with Dirac delta function in both components for systems of conservation laws

We study a class of non-strictly and weakly hyperbolic systems of conservation laws which contain the equations of geometrical optics as a prototype. The Riemann problems are constructively solved. The Riemann solutions include two kinds of interesting structures. One involves a cavitation where both state variables tend to zero forming a singularity, the other is a delta shock wave in which both state variables contain Dirac delta function simultaneously. The generalized Rankine–Hugoniot relation and entropy condition are proposed to solve the delta shock wave. Moreover, with the limiting viscosity approach, we show all of the existence, uniqueness and stability of solution involving the delta shock wave. The generalized Rankine–Hugoniot relation is also confirmed. Then our theory is successfully applied to two typical systems including the geometric optics equations. Finally, we present the numerical results coinciding with the theoretical analysis.     

Analysis of the one-dimensional Euler–Lagrange equation of continuum mechanics with a Lagrangian of a special form

The equations describing the flow of a one-dimensional continuum in Lagrangian coordinates are studied in this paper by the group analysis method. They are reduced to a single Euler–Lagrange equation which contains two undetermined functions (arbitrary elements). Particular choices of these arbitrary elements correspond to different forms of the shallow water equations, including those with both, a varying bottom and advective impulse transfer effect, and also some other motions of a continuum. A complete group classification of the equations with respect to the arbitrary elements is performed.One advantage of the Lagrangian coordinates consists of the presence of a Lagrangian, so that the equations studied become Euler–Lagrange equations. This allows us to apply Noether’s theorem for constructing conservation laws in Lagrangian coordinates. Not every conservation law in Lagrangian coordinates has a counterpart in Eulerian coordinates, whereas the converse is true. Using Noether’s theorem, conservation laws which can be obtained by the point symmetries are presented, and their analogs in Eulerian coordinates are given, where they exist.     

Delta and singular delta locus for one‐dimensional systems of conservation laws

This work gives a condition for existence of singular and delta shock wave solutions to Riemann problem for 2×2 systems of conservation laws. For a fixed left‐hand side value of Riemann data, the condition obtained in the paper describes a set of possible right‐hand side values. The procedure is similar to the standard one of finding the Hugoniot locus. Fluxes of the considered systems are globally Lipschitz with respect to one of the dependent variables. The association in a Colombeau‐type algebra is used as a solution concept. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.     

Weak local residuals as smoothness indicators for the shallow water equations

The system of shallow water equations admits infinitely many conservation laws. This paper investigates weak local residuals as smoothness indicators of numerical solutions to the shallow water equations. To get a weak formulation, a test function and integration are introduced into the shallow water equations. We use a finite volume method to solve the shallow water equations numerically. Based on our numerical simulations, the weak local residual of a simple conservation law with a simple test function is identified to be the best as a smoothness indicator.     

Asymptotic Maslov’s method for shocks of conservation laws systems with quadratic flux

In this work we apply the asymptotic method suggested by Maslov [1] to obtain the Hugoniot–Maslov chain for shock type solutions of conservation laws systems with quadratic flux. Additionally to the ODE infinite system that make up the chain, it was obtained an algebraic compatibility condition that must be satisfied by some of the coefficients of the asymptotic expansion of the shock solution. We give a new geometrical interpretation for this compatibility condition by means of certain singular surface whose projections represent time-dependent Hugoniot locus through the left limit state of the Shock.     

Conservation laws for a class of soil water equations

In this paper, we consider a class of nonlinear partial differential equations which model soil water infiltration, redistribution and extraction in a bedded soil profile irrigated by a line source drip irrigation system. By using the nonlocal conservation theorem method and the partial Lagrangian approach, conservation laws are presented. It is observed that both approaches lead to the nontrivial and infinite conservation laws.