Local exact boundary controllability of entropy solutions to a class of hyperbolic systems of conservation laws

Abstract

In this paper, we study the local exact boundary controllability of entropy solutions to a class linearly degenerate hyperbolic systems of conservation laws with constant multiplicity. The authors prove the two-sided boundary controllability, one-sided boundary controllability and two-sided controllability with less controls, by applying the strategy used originally for classical solutions with essential modifications. Our constructive method is based on the well-posedness of semi-global solutions constructed by the limit of $ \e $-approximate front tracking solutions to the mixed initial-boundary value problem with general nonlinear boundary conditions and some further properties on both $ \e $-approximate front tracking solutions and entropy solutions.