Small dispersion approximation of shock wave dynamics

Weak solutions to PDEs (35D30) Initial value problems for first-order hyperbolic systems (35L45) First-order nonlinear hyperbolic equations (35L60) Hyperbolic conservation laws (35L65) Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations (35L67)

Abstract: We introduce a dispersion approximation of weak, entropy solutions of multidimensional scalar conservation laws using variational kinetic representation, where equilibrium densities satisfy the Gibb's entropy minimization principle for a piecewise linear, convex entropy. For such solutions, we show that small scale discontinuities, measured by the entropy increments, propagate with characteristic velocities, while the large scale, shock-type discontinuities propagate with speeds close to the speeds of classical shock waves. In the zero-limit of the scale parameter, approximate solutions converge to a unique, entropy solution of a scalar conservation law.

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As stated in the paper, the author ``describes a new type of approximation of scalar conservation laws with properties distinct from the well-known viscosity approximation of Kruzhkov, kinetic relaxation approximation of Brenier and Giga and Miyakawa, or semi-linear relaxation of Katsoulakis and Tzavaras. In this approximation, large shocks propagate as sharp profiles (not smoothed) with velocities approximately verifying Rankine-Hugoniot conditions, while the entropy balance controls small-scale oscillations. This is made possible through the kinetic representation approach, albeit with a kinetic function differing on a small $\varepsilon$-scale.

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