The effect of solid conversion on travelling combustion waves in porous media

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-342

  Byrne, H ^a,b   Norbury, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combustion; Porous media; Travelling wave solutions

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; MASS TRANSFER; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE;

SOLID CONVERSION; TRAVELLING WAVE SOLUTIONS;

COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; POROUS MEDIUM; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031278107     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004261121570     Document Type: Article

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