TY - JOUR T1 - Numerical Study of Singularity Formation in Relativistic Euler Flows JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 2 SP - 348 EP - 364 PY - 2014 DA - 2014/08 SN - 16 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.221212.300114a UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7045.html KW - AB -

The formation of singularities in relativistic flows is not well understood. Smooth solutions to the relativistic Euler equations are known to have a finite lifespan; the possible breakdown mechanisms are shock formation, violation of the subluminal conditions and mass concentration. We propose a new hybrid Glimm/central-upwind scheme for relativistic flows. The scheme is used to numerically investigate, for a family of problems, which of the above mechanisms is involved.