The Eulerian description of dispersed two-phase flows results in a system of partial differential equations describing characteristics of the flow, namely volume fraction, density and velocity of the two phases, around any point in space over time. When pressure forces are neglected or a same pressure is considered for both phases, the resulting system is weakly hyperbolic and solutions may exhibit vacuum states (regions void of the dispersed phase) or localized unbounded singularities (delta shocks) that are not physically desirable. Therefore, it is crucial to find a physical way for preventing the formation of such undesirable solutions in weakly hyperbolic Eulerian two-phase flow models. This thesis focuses on the mathematical analysis of an Eulerian model for air- droplet flows, here called the Eulerian droplet model. This model can be seen as the sticky particle system with a source term and is successfully used for the prediction of droplet impingement and more recently for the prediction of particle flows in air- ways. However, this model includes only one-way momentum exchange coupling, and develops delta shocks and vacuum states. The main goal of this thesis is to improve this model, especially for the prevention of delta shocks and vacuum states, and the adjunction of two-way momentum exchange coupling. Using a characteristic analysis, the condition for loss of regularity of smooth solutions of the inviscid Burgers equation with a source term is established. The same condition applies to the droplet model. The Riemann problems associated, respectively, to the Burgers equation with a source term and the droplet model are solved. The characteristics are curves that tend asymptotically to straight lines. The existence of an entropic solution to the generalized Rankine-Hugoniot conditions is proven. Next, a way for preventing the formation of delta shocks and vacuum states in the model is identified and a new Eulerian droplet model is proposed. A new hierarchy of two-way coupling Eulerian models is derived. Each model is analyzed and numerical comparisons of the models are carried out. Finally, 2D computations of air-particle flows comparing the new Eulerian droplet model with the standard Eulerian droplet model are presented.

<p>U doktorskoj disertaciji posmatrani su Rimanovi problemi kod strogo i slabo hiperboličnih&nbsp;nelinearnih sistema PDJ. U uvodu je predstavljena jednačina zakona održanja u jednoj prostornoj&nbsp;dimenziji i definisani su Ko&scaron;ijevi i Rimanovi problemi. U drugoj glavi, date su osnovne osobine&nbsp;nelinearnih hiperboličnih zakona održanja, uvedeni supojmovi stroge hiperboličnosti i slabog re&scaron;enja&nbsp;zakona održanja. Definisani su Rankin-Igono i entropijski uslovi kao i op&scaron;te re&scaron;enje Rimanovog problema&nbsp;(za dovoljno male početne uslove). U trećoj glavi detaljno je obja&scaron;njena Glimova diferencna &nbsp;&scaron;ema. Metod&nbsp;praćenja talasa predstavljen je u četvrtoj glavi. Pokazano je da se ovom metodom, za dovoljno male&nbsp;početne uslove, dobija stabilno i jedinstveno re&scaron;enje koje u svakom vremenu ima ograničenu totalnu&nbsp;varijaciju. U petoj glavi, posmatrana je jednačina protoka izentropnog gasa u Lagranžovim koordinatama.&nbsp;Uz pretpostavku da je početni uslov ograničen i da ima ograničenu totalnu varijaciju, pokazano je da&nbsp;Ko&scaron;ijev problem ima jedinstveno slabo re&scaron;enje ako je totalna varijacija početnog uslova pomnožena sa &nbsp;0&lt;&epsilon;&lt;&lt; 1 dovoljno mala. Slabo re&scaron;enjedobijeno je metodom praćenja talasa. U glavi &scaron;est ispitana je&nbsp;interakcija dva delta talasa koji su posmatrani kao specijalna vrsta shadowtalasa. U glavi sedam,&nbsp;pokazano je da za proizvoljno velike početne uslove, re&scaron;enje Rimanovog problema jednodimenzionalnog&nbsp;Ojlerovog zakona održanja gasne dinamikepostoji, daje jedinstveno i entropijski dopustivo, uz drugačiju<br />ocenu snaga elementarnih talasa. Data je numerička verifikacija interakcije dva delta talasa kori&scaron;ćenjem&nbsp;metode praćenja talasa.</p> / <p>In this doctoral thesis, Riemann problems for strictly and weakly nonlinear hyperbolic PDE&nbsp;systems were observed. In the introduction, conservation laws in one spatial dimension were presented&nbsp;and the Cauchy and Riemann problems were defined. In the second chapter, the basic properties of&nbsp;nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws were intorduced, as well as the terms such as strictly hyperbolic&nbsp;system and weak solution of conservation law. Also, Rankine -Hugoniot and entropy conditions were<br />introduced and the general solution to the Riemann problem (for sufficiently small initial conditions) were&nbsp;defined. Glimm&rsquo;s difference scheme was explained in the third chapter. The wave front tracking method&nbsp;was introduced in the fourth chapter. It was shown that, using this method, for sufficiently small initial&nbsp;conditions, it could be obtained a unique solution with bounded total variation for t &ge;0. In the fifth&nbsp;chapter, the Euler equations for isentropic fluid inLagrangian coordinates were observed. Under the&nbsp;assumption that the initial condition was bounded and had bounded total variation, it was shown that the&nbsp;Cauchy problem had a weak unique solution, provided that the total variation of initial condition&nbsp;multiplied by 0&lt;&epsilon;&lt;&lt;1 was sufficiently &nbsp;small. Weak solution was obtained by applying the wave front&nbsp;tracking method. In the sixth chapter, the interaction of two delta shock waves were examined. Delta&nbsp;shock waves were regarded as special kind of shadowwaves. In the chapter seven, it was shown that for&nbsp;arbitrarily large initial conditions, solution to the Riemann problem of one-dimensional Euler&nbsp;conservation laws of gas dynamics existed, it was unique and admissible. New bounds on the strength of&nbsp;elementary waves in the wave front tracking algorithm were given. The numerical verification of two&nbsp;delta shock waves interaction via wave front tracking method was given at the end of the thesis.</p>