Thin front propagation in steady and unsteady cellular flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 679-688

  Cencini, M ^a,b   Torcini, A ^a,c   Vergni, D ^a,b   Vulpiani, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Energetica S Stecco   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

THIN FRONT PROPAGATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW ANALYSIS; PROPAGATION; REACTION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037344434     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1541668     Document Type: Article

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