Boundary stabilization of 1D hyperbolic systems

Hyperbolic systems model the phenomena of propagations at finite speeds. They are present in many fields of science and, consequently, in many human applications. For these applications, the question of stability or stabilization of their stationary state is a major issue. In this paper we present state-of-the-art tools to stabilize 1-D nonlinear hyperbolic systems using boundary controls. We review the power and limits of energy-like Lyapunov functions; the particular case of density–velocity systems; a method to stabilize shock steady-states; an extraction method allowing to use the spectral information of the linearized system in order to stabilize the nonlinear system; and some results on proportional-integral boundary control. We also review open questions and perspectives for this field, which is still largely open.