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A limiting “viscosity” approach to the Riemann problem for materials exhibiting change of phase

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Dedicated to Bernard Coleman on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday

This research was supported in part by the Air Office of Scientific Research. Air Force Systems Command, USAF, under Contract/Grant No. AFOSR-85-0239 (R.P.I.) by the United States Army, Army Research Office under Contracts/Grants Nos. 5-28529 and 5-28317 (Brown University). The United States Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Government purposes notwithstanding any copyright herein.

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Slemrod, M. A limiting “viscosity” approach to the Riemann problem for materials exhibiting change of phase. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 105, 327–365 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281495

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