Ill- and well-posed models of granular flow (Q5938192)

The article deals with the characterization of granular flow models as either well- or ill-posed with regard to initial conditions. The flow models investigated are derived by means of a unified method described in [\textit{D. Harris}, Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A 450, No. 1938, 37-49 (1995; Zbl 0835.73056)] which is strongly recommended as complementary reading. Using a stability analysis, the ill- and well-posedness of double-slip models and rotation models is discussed in detail and -- at the same time -- in a rather general manner, so that the results derived can be easily specialized: 8 particular double-slip models are addressed, together with some `known' models ranging from metal plasticity and Hill's model to (non-)associated flow rule models. Existing results [see e.g. \textit{D. G. Schaeffer}, Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A 436, No. 1897, 217-250 (1992; Zbl 0775.73095)] are confirmed and extended. Performing the stability analysis for a single-slip model, it is shown that firstly, the model exhibits well-posedness under certain well-defined conditions, secondly, when these conditions fail to hold, the model exhibits ill-posedness, and thirdly, the mathematical ill-posedness corresponds to real physical instability.