Asymptotic behavior toward nonlinear waves for radially symmetric solutions of the multi-dimensional Burgers equation

Abstract

The present paper is concerned with the asymptotic behaviors of radially symmetric solutions for the multi-dimensional Burgers equation on the exterior domain in Rn,n≥3, where the boundary and far field conditions are prescribed. We show that in some case where the corresponding 1-D Riemann problem for the non-viscous part admits a shock wave, the solution tends toward a linear superposition of stationary and rarefaction waves as time goes to infinity, and also show the decay rate estimates. Furthermore, we improve the results on the asymptotic stability of the stationary waves which are treated in the previous papers [2], [3]. Finally, for the case of n=3, we give the complete classification of the asymptotic behaviors, which includes even a linear superposition of stationary and viscous shock waves.