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Computation of critical parameters for a problem in combustion theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

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Abstract

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An iteration scheme previously obtained by the author is used to study the dependence of criticality on initial data and the parameters in a combustion problem. Numerical results are presented for a slab, a cylinder and a sphere. These are compared with the results of previous workers.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1982

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