A numerical study of one-step models of polymerization: Frontal versus bulk mode

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 145-165

  Cardarelli, Stephen A ^a   Golovaty, Dmitry ^a   Gross, L K ^a   Gyrya, Vitaliy T ^a   Zhu, Jianping ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhenius kinetics; Frontal polymerization; Gasless combustion; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; MONOMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ARRHENIUS KINETICS; FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION; GASLESS COMBUSTION; TRAVELING WAVES;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 20444459129     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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