Critical thresholds in a relaxation system with resonance of characteristic speeds

Tong Li; Hailiang Liu

doi:10.3934/dcds.2009.24.511

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2009, Volume 24, Issue 2: 511-521. Doi: 10.3934/dcds.2009.24.511

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Critical thresholds in a relaxation system with resonance of characteristic speeds

Tong Li^1, and
Hailiang Liu^2,

1.
Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, 14 MacLean Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1419
2.
Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

Received: October 31, 2007

Revised: July 31, 2008

Published: May 2009

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We study critical threshold phenomena in a dynamic continuum traffic flow model known as the Payne and Whitham (PW) model. This model is a quasi-linear hyperbolic relaxation system, and when equilibrium velocity is specifically associated with pressure, the equilibrium characteristic speed resonates with one characteristic speed of the full relaxation system. For a scenario of physical interest we identify a lower threshold for finite time singularity in solutions and an upper threshold for the global existence of the smooth solution. The set of initial data leading to global smooth solutions is large, in particular allowing initial velocity of negative slope.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35B30, 35B40; Secondary: 90B20.

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