Front speed in the Burgers equation with a random flux

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 843-871

  Wehr, J ^a   Xin, J ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic speed; Burgers equation; Cole Hopf formula; Front solutions; Random flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031206412     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000015175.70862.77     Document Type: Article

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