Global Perturbation of the Riemann Problem for the System of Compressible Flow Through Porous Media

Abstract

In this paper we consider the unperturbatcd and perturbated Riemann problem for the damped quasiliuear hyperbolic system {v_t - u_x = 0 u_t + p(v)_x = -αu, α > 0, p'(v} < 0 with initial structure of two rarefaction waves or one rarefaction wave plus one shock wave. Under certain restrictions, it admits a unique global discontinuous solution in a class of piecewise continuous and piecewise smooth functions and keeps the initial structure. Moreover, the shock strength is found decaying exponentially due to damping for the later case.