Concentration in the zero-exponent limit of solutions to the isentropic Euler equations for extended Chaplygin gas

Abstract

By introducing an isentropic Euler system with a new version of extended Chaplygin gas equation of state, we study two kinds of occurrence mechanism on the phenomenon of concentration and the formation of delta shock waves in the zero-exponent limit of solutions to the extended Chaplygin gas equations as the two exponents tend to zero wholly or partly. The Riemann problem is first solved. Then, we show that, as both the two exponents tend to zero, that is, the extended Chaplygin gas pressure tends to a constant, any two-shock-wave Riemann solution of the extended Chaplygin gas equations converges to a delta-shock solution to the zero-pressure flow system, and the intermediate density between the two shocks tends to a weighted δ-measure which forms a delta shock wave; any two-rarefaction-wave Riemann solution tends to a two-contact-discontinuity solution to the zero-pressure flow system, and the nonvacuum intermediate state in between tends to a vacuum. It is also shown that, as one of the exponents goes to zero, namely, the extended Chaplygin gas pressure approaches to some special generalized Chaplygin gas pressure, any two-shock-wave Riemann solution tends to a delta-shock solution to the generalized Chaplygin gas equations.