Rigorous analysis and estimates of S-shaped bifurcation curves in a combustion problem with general Arrhenius reaction-rate laws

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 454, Issue 1972, 1998, Pages 1031-1048

  Wang, Shin Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Frank kamenetskii transition value; Positive solution; S shaped bifurcation curve; Time map

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001154498     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1998.0195     Document Type: Article

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