Convergence of vanishing capillarity approximations for scalar conservation laws with discontinuous fluxes


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2012-10

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Flow of two phases in a heterogeneous porous medium is modeled by a scalar conservation law with a discontinuous coefficient. As solutions of conservation laws with discontinuous coefficients depend explicitly on the underlying small scale effects, we consider a model where the relevant small scale effect is dynamic capillary pressure. We prove that the limit of vanishing dynamic capillary pressure exists and is a weak solution of the corresponding scalar conservation law with discontinuous coefficient. A robust numerical scheme for approximating the resulting limit solutions is introduced. Numerical experiments show that the scheme is able to approximate interesting solution features such as propagating non-classical shock waves as well as discontinuous standing waves efficiently.

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2012-30

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Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH Zurich

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03851 - Mishra, Siddhartha / Mishra, Siddhartha check_circle

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