Augmented hyperbolic models with diffusive-dispersive shocks

Abstract

Given a first-order nonlinear hyperbolic system of conservation laws endowed with a convex entropy-entropy flux pair, we can consider the class of weak solutions containing shock waves depending upon some small scale parameters. In this Note, we define and derive several classes of entropy-dissipating augmented models, as we call them, which involve (possibly nonlinear) second- and third-order augmentation terms. Such terms typically arise in continuum physics and model the viscosity and capillarity effects in a fluid, for instance. By introducing a new notion of positive entropy production that concerns general functions (rather than solutions) we can easily check the entropy-dissipating property for a broad class of augmented models. The weak solutions associated with the zero diffusion/dispersion limit may contain (nonclassical undercompressive) shocks whose selection is determined from these diffusive and dispersive effects (for instance by using traveling wave solutions), and having a classification of the models, as we propose, is essential for developing a general theory.