A difference scheme for a stiff system of conservation laws

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The initial value Cauchy problem of the system of conservation laws with stiff source term \[ u_t + (f(u)-v)_x= 0, \qquad v_t + \frac{v-(1-\mu)f(u)}{\varepsilon}= 0 \] is investigated. The system serves as a model for the equation of motion for a viscoelastic solid. For this system, Riemann problems have been studied in \textit{J. M. Greenberg} and \textit{L. Hsiao} [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 82, 87-108 (1983; Zbl 0555.35083)] and the existence of \(L^{\infty}\) entropy solutions in \textit{G.-Q. Chen} and \textit{T.-P. Liu} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 46, 755-781 (1993; Zbl 0797.35113)]. Under weak conditions on \(f\) and the initial data \((u_0, v_0),\) the existence of entropy-satisfying BV-solutions \((u^{\varepsilon},v^{\varepsilon})\) in \((L_{\text{loc}}^1 (\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}^+))^2\) to the above system is proven by the author. Furthermore, it is shown that \((u^{\varepsilon},v^{\varepsilon})\) converges to a weak solution of the equilibrium system when the relaxation time \(\varepsilon\) tends to zero. The results are proven using a semi-implicit difference scheme following ideas of \textit{H. J. Schroll, A. Tveito} and {R. Winther} [SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 34, No. 3, 1152-1166 (1997; Zbl 0873.65090)]. Using different methods, similar results are shown in \textit{T. Luo} and \textit{R. Natalini} [Proc. R. Soc. Edinb., Sect. A, Math. 128, 775-795 (1998; Zbl 0911.35004)] under stronger conditions on \(f\).











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