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Original Articles

Products of distributions and collision of a δ-wave with a δ′-wave in a turbulent model

Pages 381-394
Received 05 Feb 2015
Accepted 15 Jun 2015
Published online: 06 Aug 2015
 
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We study the possibility of collision of a δ-wave with a stationary δ′-wave in a model ruled by equation f (t)u t+[u2β(xγ(t))u]x = 0, where f, β and γ are given real functions and u = u(x, t) is the state variable. We adopt a solution concept which is a consistent extension of the classical solution concept. This concept is defined in the setting of a distributional product, which is not constructed by approximation processes. By a convenient choice of f, β and γ, we are able to distinguish three distinct dynamics for that collision, to which correspond phenomena of solitonic behaviour, scattering, and merging. Also, as a particular case, taking f = 2 and β = 0 we prove that the referred collision is impossible to arise in the setting of the inviscid Burgers equation. To show how this framework can be applied to other physical models, we included several results already obtained.

 

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