A Free Boundary Problem for Scalar Conservation Laws

DOI10.1137/S0036141097325307MaRDI QIDQ4699182zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors A. Terracina

Publication date 23 November 1999

Published in SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1137/S0036141097325307

zbMATH Keywords

continuous dependenceentropy solutionsexistence of regular solutionssemiconductor devicesuniquenessweak entropy problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic conservation laws (35L65) PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35)

Review text

The following free boundary problem is investigated: \[ u_t+ f(u)_x= 0\text{ in }\Lambda \bigl(s(\cdot), T\bigr),\quad u(x,0)= u_0(x)\text{ in }\mathbb{R}^+ \times\{0\}, \] \[ s'(t)=K\biggl(u\bigl(s(t) \bigr), t,s(t)\biggr),\quad s(0) =0 \] where \(f,K,u_0\) are given and \(u,s\) must be determined, and \[ \Lambda \bigl(s(\cdot), T\bigr): =\bigl\{(x,t)\in\mathbb{R}\times (0,T):\;0\leq t\leq T,\;s(t)<x \bigr\}. \] At first, the existence of regular solutions \((s,u)\) is proved under some assumptions on \(f,K,u_0\). Secondly, using a criterion of physical admissibility the uniqueness of the solution is obtained. Next, this problem is redefined as the weak entropy problem. Finally, existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence, comparison properties of entropy solutions for a large class of initial data are proved in the space \(BV(\mathbb{R}^+)\). In this problem the boundary condition is only satisfied as a compatibility condition. This type of problems describes the so-called ion etching and the situation when different materials with different ``sputtering functions are masked together.

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