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We consider a system arising in the study of phase transitions in elastodynamics – a system of two conservation laws, in a single space dimension. The system has two hyperbolic regions with an elliptic zone in between. A phase boundary is a strong discontinuity in a solution, with left and right states belonging to different hyperbolic regions. We call such a solution a phase wave.
We first address the Riemann problem for initial states close to a fixed sonic phase wave, in the genuinely nonlinear case. This problem is naturally underdetermined. We propose two essentially different types of Reimann problems: a sonic one, which is smooth, and a kinetic one, which is only Lipschitz-continuous. Both problems are well posed owing to a shared stability condition that is of a purely sonic nature.
In the kinetic case we prove the global existence of solutions to the Cauchy problem for initial data having small variation and close to a sonic kinetic wave. The crucial issue is the interaction of the phase boundary with a small wave of the same mode. The introduction of a pertinent quantity, called here detonation potential, ensures a balance between ingoing and outgoing waves. The proof is based on a Glimm-type scheme; we define a potential, which includes the detonation potential, along the strong discontinuity, and this potential controls the outbreak of unusual shocks.
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Corli, A., Sablé-Tougeron, M. Kinetic Stabilization¶of a Nonlinear Sonic Phase Boundary. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 152, 1–63 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002050050001
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