In this paper we study the problem of the global existence （in time） of weak entropic solutions to a system of three hyperbolic conservation laws, in one space dimension, for large initial data. The system models th...In this paper we study the problem of the global existence （in time） of weak entropic solutions to a system of three hyperbolic conservation laws, in one space dimension, for large initial data. The system models the dynamics of phase transitions in an isothermal fluid; in Lagrangian coordinates, the phase interfaces are represented as stationary contact discontinuities. We focus on the persistence of solutions consisting in three bulk phases separated by two interfaces. Under some stability conditions on the phase configuration and by a suitable front tracking algorithm we show that, if the BV-norm of the initial data is less than an explicit （large） threshold, then the Cauchy problem has global solutions.展开更多
This paper deals with a coupled system consisting of a scalar conservation law and an eikonal equation, called the Hughes model. Introduced in [24], this model attempts to describe the motion of pedestrians in a dense...This paper deals with a coupled system consisting of a scalar conservation law and an eikonal equation, called the Hughes model. Introduced in [24], this model attempts to describe the motion of pedestrians in a densely crowded region, in which they are seen as a ＇thinking＇ （continuum） fluid. The main mathematical difficulty is the discontinuous gradient of the solution to the eikonal equation appearing in the flux of the conservation law. On a one dimensional interval with zero Dirichlet conditions （the two edges of the interval are interpreted as ＇targets＇）, the model can be decoupled in a way to consider two classical conservation laws on two sub-domains separated by a turning point at which the pedestrians change their direction. We shall consider solutions with a possible jump discontinuity around the turning point. For simplicity, we shall assume they are locally constant on both sides of the discontinuity. We provide a detailed description of the local- in-time behavior of the solution in terms of a ＇global＇ qualitative property of the pedestrian density （that we call ＇relative evacuation rate＇）, which can be interpreted as the attitude of the pedestrians to direct towards the left or the right target. We complement our result with explicitly computable examples.展开更多
文摘In this paper we study the problem of the global existence （in time） of weak entropic solutions to a system of three hyperbolic conservation laws, in one space dimension, for large initial data. The system models the dynamics of phase transitions in an isothermal fluid; in Lagrangian coordinates, the phase interfaces are represented as stationary contact discontinuities. We focus on the persistence of solutions consisting in three bulk phases separated by two interfaces. Under some stability conditions on the phase configuration and by a suitable front tracking algorithm we show that, if the BV-norm of the initial data is less than an explicit （large） threshold, then the Cauchy problem has global solutions.
基金supported by the grant MTM 2011-27739-C04-02 of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation,and supported by the‘Ramon y Cajal’Sub-programme (MICINN-RYC) of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation,Ref. RYC-2010-06412
文摘This paper deals with a coupled system consisting of a scalar conservation law and an eikonal equation, called the Hughes model. Introduced in [24], this model attempts to describe the motion of pedestrians in a densely crowded region, in which they are seen as a ＇thinking＇ （continuum） fluid. The main mathematical difficulty is the discontinuous gradient of the solution to the eikonal equation appearing in the flux of the conservation law. On a one dimensional interval with zero Dirichlet conditions （the two edges of the interval are interpreted as ＇targets＇）, the model can be decoupled in a way to consider two classical conservation laws on two sub-domains separated by a turning point at which the pedestrians change their direction. We shall consider solutions with a possible jump discontinuity around the turning point. For simplicity, we shall assume they are locally constant on both sides of the discontinuity. We provide a detailed description of the local- in-time behavior of the solution in terms of a ＇global＇ qualitative property of the pedestrian density （that we call ＇relative evacuation rate＇）, which can be interpreted as the attitude of the pedestrians to direct towards the left or the right target. We complement our result with explicitly computable examples.
