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The main topic of this paper is the study of steady-state bifurcations occurring in the two-dimensional thermo-diffusive model in the framework of large activation energies.
The physical situation is well established, due to the classical work of Sivashinsky. He derived a dispersion relation and observed that the planar waves bifurcated into stable multidimensional waves as the Lewis number crossed a critical value.
The purpose of this paper is to give a mathematical basis to this theory, furthering a study of D. Terman. We then investigate the bifurcation in detail. Finally, we investigate the three-dimensional case, where a different bifurcation pattern may occur.
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Glangetas, L., Roquejoffre, J.M. Bifurcations of travelling waves in the thermo-diffusive model for flame propagation. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 134, 341–402 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00375113
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