Singular Hyperbolic Type Equations and Tsunami Propagation for Irregular Topographies
摘要
We consider the tsunami wave equation with singular coefficients and prove that it hasa very weak solution. We show the uniqueness and consistency of the very weak solutionwith the classical one in an appropriate sense. In one space dimension, we analyze thebehavior of the waves in singular topographies. We observe the appearance of a substantialreflected wave, travelling in the opposite direction from the point of singularity. Itsstructure and strength are analyzed numerically. In particular, we illustrate the limitingbehavior of the solution to the regularized problems when the regularizing parameter tends to zero. A surprising conclusion is that while, in general, the solution of the equationmay not exist in the “classical” sense, the limit of the net of solutions of the regularizedproblems may exist, calling it the limiting very weak solution.