Reaction-diffusion front speeds in spatially-temporally periodic shear flows

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-570

  Nolen, Jim ^a   Xin, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Computation; Fronts; Space time periodic shears; Speed enhancement

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DYNAMIC MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPEED;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; ASYMPTOTICS; FRONTS; PERIODIC SHEAR; QUALITATIVE PROPERTIES; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; REACTION-DIFFUSION FRONTS; SPEED ENHANCEMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 21244461106     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1540345902420234     Document Type: Article

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