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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2002

Olivier Baconneau ,
Claude-Michel Brauner  and
Alessandra Lunardi
Olivier Baconneau
Affiliation:
Mathématiques Appliquées de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux I, 33405 Talence Cedex, France. e-mail: Olivier.Baconneau@math.u-bordeaux.fr; Claude-Michel.Brauner@math.u-bordeaux.fr
Claude-Michel Brauner
Affiliation:
Mathématiques Appliquées de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux I, 33405 Talence Cedex, France. e-mail: Olivier.Baconneau@math.u-bordeaux.fr; Claude-Michel.Brauner@math.u-bordeaux.fr
Alessandra Lunardi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Parma Via D'Azeglio 85/A, 43100 Parma, Italy. e-mail: lunardi@prmat.math.unipr.it
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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.

Keywords

Free Boundary Problembifurcationfully nonlinear equationscontinuation.
Type
Research Article
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ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Volume 34 , Issue 2: Special issue for R. Teman's 60th birthday , March 2000 , pp. 223 - 339
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2000

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