The limit of Riemann solutions to the nonsymmetric system of Keyfitz-Kranzer type with a scaled pressure is considered for both polytropic gas and generalized Chaplygin gas. In the former case, the delta shock wave can be obtained as the limit of shock wave and contact discontinuity whenu->u+and the parameterϵtends to zero. The point is, the delta shock wave is not the one of transport equations, which is obviously different from cases of some other systems such as Euler equations or relativistic Euler equations. For the generalized Chaplygin gas, unlike the polytropic or isothermal gas, there exists a certain critical valueϵ2depending only on the Riemann initial data, such that whenϵdrops toϵ2, the delta shock wave appears asu->u+, which is actually a delta solution of the same system in one critical case. Then asϵbecomes smaller and goes to zero at last, the delta shock wave solution is the exact one of transport equations. Furthermore, the vacuum states and contact discontinuities can be obtained as the limit of Riemann solutions whenu-<u+andu-=u+, respectively.
Limit of Riemann Solutions to the Nonsymmetric System of Keyfitz-Kranzer Type