Metastabilitv in a flame front evolution equation

Interfaces and Free Boundaries

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 361-392

  Berestycki, H ^a   Kamin, S ^b   Sivashinsky, G ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burgers type equation; Hyperbolic equation; Interfaces; Metastability; Parabolic equations; Stationary solutions; Upward propagating flames

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013428493     PISSN: 14639963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/ifb/45     Document Type: Article

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