Concentration and cavitation in the Riemann solutions to the Umami Chaplygin Euler equations.

The concentration phenomena in fluid dynamics can be mathematically described by delta-shocks. With the introduction of flux-function, the Riemann problem for the Euler system with Umami Chaplygin gas equation of state is discussed. What Umami Chaplygin gas means is that the fluid obeys the pressure–density relation where the pressure is negative and is a new generalization of Chaplygin gas. The solutions with six kinds of structures are constructed. Unlike the Chaplygin gas, the delta-shock occurs in solutions, even though the system is strictly hyperbolic and two characteristic fields are genuinely nonlinear. The generalized Rankine–Hugoniot relation and entropy condition for delta-shock are clarified. Additionally, the phenomena of concentration and cavitation and the formation of delta-shocks and vacuum states in solutions are identified and analyzed as the Umami Chaplygin gas pressure and flux-function vanish simultaneously. It is proved that as the pressure and flux-function drop to zero, any solution consisting of two shocks tends to the delta-shock solution of the pressureless Euler system, and any solution consisting of two rarefaction waves tends to the vacuum Riemann solution of the pressureless Euler system. Finally, some numerical results exhibiting the processes of formation of delta-shocks and vacuum states are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]