We construct the solution of the Riemann problem for the shallow water equations
with discontinuous topography. The system under consideration is non-strictly hyperbolic and does
not admit a fully conservative form, and we establish the existence of two-parameter wave sets, rather
than wave curves. The selection of admissible waves is particularly challenging. Our construction is
fully explicit, and leads to formulas that can be implemented numerically for the approximation of
the general initial-value problem.
@article{1199377555,
author = {LeFloch, Philippe G. and Thanh, Mai Duc},
title = {The Riemann problem for the shallow water equations with discontinuous topography},
journal = {Commun. Math. Sci.},
volume = {5},
number = {1},
year = {2007},
pages = { 865-885},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1199377555}
}
LeFloch, Philippe G.; Thanh, Mai Duc. The Riemann problem for the shallow water equations with discontinuous topography. Commun. Math. Sci., Tome 5 (2007) no. 1, pp. 865-885. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1199377555/