Computation of bifurcated branches in a free boundary problem arising in combustion theory

Olivier Baconneau; Claude-Michel Brauner; Alessandra Lunardi

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (2010)

  • Volume: 34, Issue: 2, page 223-339
  • ISSN: 0764-583X

Abstract

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We consider a parabolic 2D Free Boundary Problem, with jump conditions at the interface. Its planar travelling-wave solutions are orbitally stable provided the bifurcation parameter u * does not exceed a critical value u * c . The latter is the limit of a decreasing sequence ( u * k ) of bifurcation points. The paper deals with the study of the 2D bifurcated branches from the planar branch, for small k. Our technique is based on the elimination of the unknown front, turning the problem into a fully nonlinear one, to which we can apply the Crandall-Rabinowitz bifurcation theorem for a local study. We point out that the fully nonlinear reformulation of the FBP can also serve to develop efficient numerical schemes in view of global information, such as techniques based on arc length continuation.

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Baconneau, Olivier, Brauner, Claude-Michel, and Lunardi, Alessandra. "Computation of bifurcated branches in a free boundary problem arising in combustion theory." ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis 34.2 (2010): 223-339. <http://eudml.org/doc/197537>.

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abstract = { We consider a parabolic 2D Free Boundary Problem, with jump conditions at the interface. Its planar travelling-wave solutions are orbitally stable provided the bifurcation parameter $u_*$ does not exceed a critical value $u_\{*\}^\{c\}$. The latter is the limit of a decreasing sequence $(u_\{*\}^\{k\})$ of bifurcation points. The paper deals with the study of the 2D bifurcated branches from the planar branch, for small k. Our technique is based on the elimination of the unknown front, turning the problem into a fully nonlinear one, to which we can apply the Crandall-Rabinowitz bifurcation theorem for a local study. We point out that the fully nonlinear reformulation of the FBP can also serve to develop efficient numerical schemes in view of global information, such as techniques based on arc length continuation. },
author = {Baconneau, Olivier, Brauner, Claude-Michel, Lunardi, Alessandra},
journal = {ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis},
keywords = {Free Boundary Problem; bifurcation; fully nonlinear equations; continuation.; free boundary problem; travelling-wave solutions; bifurcation points; bifurcated branches; arc length continuation},
language = {eng},
month = {3},
number = {2},
pages = {223-339},
publisher = {EDP Sciences},
title = {Computation of bifurcated branches in a free boundary problem arising in combustion theory},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/197537},
volume = {34},
year = {2010},
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AU - Baconneau, Olivier
AU - Brauner, Claude-Michel
AU - Lunardi, Alessandra
TI - Computation of bifurcated branches in a free boundary problem arising in combustion theory
JO - ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis
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PB - EDP Sciences
VL - 34
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SP - 223
EP - 339
AB - We consider a parabolic 2D Free Boundary Problem, with jump conditions at the interface. Its planar travelling-wave solutions are orbitally stable provided the bifurcation parameter $u_*$ does not exceed a critical value $u_{*}^{c}$. The latter is the limit of a decreasing sequence $(u_{*}^{k})$ of bifurcation points. The paper deals with the study of the 2D bifurcated branches from the planar branch, for small k. Our technique is based on the elimination of the unknown front, turning the problem into a fully nonlinear one, to which we can apply the Crandall-Rabinowitz bifurcation theorem for a local study. We point out that the fully nonlinear reformulation of the FBP can also serve to develop efficient numerical schemes in view of global information, such as techniques based on arc length continuation.
LA - eng
KW - Free Boundary Problem; bifurcation; fully nonlinear equations; continuation.; free boundary problem; travelling-wave solutions; bifurcation points; bifurcated branches; arc length continuation
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