Interactions of delta shock waves in a strictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws (Q929598)

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Interactions of delta shock waves in a strictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws
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    Interactions of delta shock waves in a strictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws (English)
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    17 June 2008
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    The authors consider the Riemann problem for a strictly hyperbolic system of two conservation laws from magnetohydrodynamics. The system is considered from the point of view of weak solutions. Generally a solution to such problem is a combination of shock waves, contact discontinuities, rarefaction waves, and delta shock waves. It is shown how the solutions continue beyond points of interaction of these types of solutions. A type of generalized solution is introduced: delta contact discontinuity. A complete description of all global solutions with initial data given by two jump points and three constant states is presented.
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    systems of conservation laws
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    Riemann problem
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    interaction of shock waves
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    delta shock waves
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    rarefaction waves
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    delta contact discontinuities
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