Wave Interactions for the Suliciu Relaxation System

In this paper, we investigate the elementary wave interactions for the Suliciu relaxation system and construct uniquely the solution by the characteristic analysis method in the phase plane. We find that the elementary wave interactions have a much simpler structure for the Temple class than the general systems of conservation laws. It is observed that the Riemann solutions of the Suliciu relaxation system are stable under the small perturbation on the Riemann initial data.