Unsteady fronts in an auto catalytic system

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1984, 1999, Pages 1401-1433

  Balmforth, N J ^a   Craster, R V ^a   Malham, S J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Instability; Travelling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746450836     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0366     Document Type: Article

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