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Chaotic dynamics in solid fuel combustion. (English) Zbl 0781.58029

The free-boundary problem for models describing the dynamics of condensed fuel gasless combustion is studied numerically. The solution of the propagating combustion wave type is considered. The effective one-dimensional boundary problem which determines the flame wave in the framework of the model is formulated in the following way \[ {\partial \theta\over \partial \tau} - V(\tau){\partial \theta\over \partial \xi} = {\partial^ 2 \theta\over \theta\xi^ 2} + V(\tau)\delta(\xi), \;\theta(+\infty,\tau) = 0,\quad \theta(-\infty,\tau) < \infty, \] where \(\theta = \theta(\xi,\tau)\) is the dimensionless temperature and \(\xi\), \(\tau\) are the dimensionless spatial coordinate and time, respectively. The function \(V(\tau)\) is defined by \[ V(\tau) = \Omega[\theta(0,\tau)], \;\Omega = \exp(\alpha(\theta-1)/(\sigma + (1-\sigma)\theta)), \] where \(\sigma\) and \(\alpha\) (Zeldovich number) are the dimensionless parameters. The problem admits a basic state solution \[ \theta^ b = \exp(-\xi),\quad \xi > 0;\quad \theta^ b = 1,\quad \xi < 0; \quad V^ b = 1, \] corresponding to a steady planar combustion wave. This solution loses its stability at \(\alpha > \alpha_ c = 2+5^{1/2}\) by Hopf bifurcation and consequently a sequence of the period doublings which leads to a chaotic behaviour should be realized. The authors try to observe these phenomena numerically.

MSC:

37N20 Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics)
80A25 Combustion
65P20 Numerical chaos
65P30 Numerical bifurcation problems
80M25 Other numerical methods (thermodynamics) (MSC2010)
37D45 Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior
80A22 Stefan problems, phase changes, etc.
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