High Lewis number combustion wavefronts: A perturbative Melnikov analysis

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 464-486

  Balasuriya, Sanjeeva ^a   Gottwald, Georg ^b   Hornibrook, John ^b   Lafortune, Stéphane ^c  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion waves; Evans function; High Lewis number; Melnikov's method; Slow manifold reduction

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION WAVES; EVANS FUNCTION; LEWIS NUMBER; MELNIKOV'S METHOD; SLOW MANIFOLD REDUCTION;

ARRHENIUS PLOTS; COMBUSTION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; HEAT LOSSES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 34247577468     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/050640849     Document Type: Article

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