Conservation laws with discontinuous gradient-dependent flux: The stable case

Debora Amadori, Alberto Bressan, Wen Shen

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Abstract

This paper is concerned with a scalar conservation law with discontinuous gradient-dependent flux. Namely, the flux is described by two different functions f(u) or g(u), when the gradient ux of the solution is positive or negative, respectively. We study here the stable case where f(u) < g(u) for all u ∈ R, with f, g smooth but possibly not convex. A front tracking algorithm is introduced, proving that piecewise constant approximations converge to the trajectories of a contractive semigroup on L1(R). In the spatially periodic case, we prove that semigroup trajectories coincide with the unique limits of a suitable class of vanishing viscosity approximations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1421-1469
Number of pages49
JournalMathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences
Volume35
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2025

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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