The multiplication of distributions in the study of delta shock wave for a hyperbolic system of Temple class

Abstract

The Riemann problem for a hyperbolic system of conservation laws belonging to Temple class is considered within frame of [Formula: see text]-solutions based on the concept of solutions defined in the setting of a distributional product. We obtain all the possible discontinuous solutions within a convenient space of distributions that contains Dirac delta measures and discontinuous functions. In addition, an interesting discontinuous solution is found for certain Riemann initial conditions, in which the Dirac delta measure is involved in both of the two state variables simultaneously. As an application, a detailed example for the mentioned system but involving a linear damping term is provided, in which the trajectories of discontinuous solutions including contact discontinuity, shock wave and delta shock wave change in exponential forms.