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Autores principales: Needham, D. J., Tzella, A.
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Publicado: 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16617
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author Needham, D. J.
Tzella, A.
author_facet Needham, D. J.
Tzella, A.
contents We consider the effect of a shear flow which has, without loss of generality, a zero mean flow rate, on a Kolmogorov--Petrovskii--Piscounov (KPP) type model in the presence of a discontinuous cut-off at concentration $u = u_c$. Its structure and speed of propagation depends on $A$ (the strength of the flow relative to the propagation speed in the absence of advection) and $B$ (the square of the front thickness relative to the channel width). We use matched asymptotic expansions to approximate the propagation speed in the three natural cases $A\to \infty$, $A\to 0$ and $A=O(1)$, with particular associated orderings on $B$, whilst $u_c\in(0,1)$ remains fixed. In all the cases that we consider, the shear flow enhances the speed of propagation in a manner that is similar to the case without cut-off ($u_c=0$). We illustrate the theory by evaluating expressions (either directly or through numerical integration) for the particular cases of the plane Couette and Poiseuille flows.
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spellingShingle KPP fronts in shear flows with cut-off reaction rates
Needham, D. J.
Tzella, A.
Analysis of PDEs
Fluid Dynamics
We consider the effect of a shear flow which has, without loss of generality, a zero mean flow rate, on a Kolmogorov--Petrovskii--Piscounov (KPP) type model in the presence of a discontinuous cut-off at concentration $u = u_c$. Its structure and speed of propagation depends on $A$ (the strength of the flow relative to the propagation speed in the absence of advection) and $B$ (the square of the front thickness relative to the channel width). We use matched asymptotic expansions to approximate the propagation speed in the three natural cases $A\to \infty$, $A\to 0$ and $A=O(1)$, with particular associated orderings on $B$, whilst $u_c\in(0,1)$ remains fixed. In all the cases that we consider, the shear flow enhances the speed of propagation in a manner that is similar to the case without cut-off ($u_c=0$). We illustrate the theory by evaluating expressions (either directly or through numerical integration) for the particular cases of the plane Couette and Poiseuille flows.
title KPP fronts in shear flows with cut-off reaction rates
topic Analysis of PDEs
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16617