Global unsolvability of one-dimensional problems for Burgers-type equations

Abstract

In this paper, we study the global solvability of well-known equations used to describe nonlinear processes with dissipation, namely, the Burgers equation, the Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers equation, and the modified Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers equation. Using a method due to Pokhozhaev, we obtain necessary conditions for the blow-up of global solutions and estimates of the blow-up time and blow-up rate in bounded and unbounded domains. We also study the effect of linear and nonlinear viscosity on the occurrence of a gradient catastrophe in finite time.