A reduced-order model of thermoacoustic instability in solid rocket motors

Z Wang, P Liu, W Ao - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
A finite-dimensional dynamical system is derived from a coupled system of partial differential
equations modeling the thermoacoustic oscillations inside a solid rocket motor. The …

Oscillatory instabilities and dynamics of multi-spike patterns for the one-dimensional Gray-Scott model

W Chen, MJ Ward - European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2009 - cambridge.org
The dynamics and oscillatory instabilities of multi-spike solutions to the one-dimensional
Gray-Scott reaction–diffusion system on a finite domain are studied in a particular parameter …

Period doubling and chaotic transient in a model of chain-branching combustion wave propagation

V Gubernov, A Kolobov… - … of the Royal …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The propagation of planar combustion waves in an adiabatic model with two-step chain-
branching reaction mechanism is investigated. The travelling combustion wave becomes …

Moisture transport and diffusive instability during bread baking

H Huang, P Lin, W Zhou - SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 2007 - SIAM
In this paper we study multiphase models for simultaneous heat and mass transfer
processes during bread baking. Our main objective is to provide an explanation and a …

The topological characteristics of the bifurcation and chaos in the motion of combustion fronts in solids

Z Wang, Y Huang, K Yu, B Jin, Y Ba, W Ao… - … Journal of Nonlinear …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the geometric features in the bifurcation and chaos of a partial differential
equation describing the unsteady combustion of solid propellants. Driven by the interaction …

Bifurcation analysis of combustion instability in a Rijke burner with an improved third-order saturated flame model

N Dang, W Wang, J Zhang, Y Liu - Journal of Mechanical Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The bifurcation analysis of nonlinear combustion instability in a Rijke burner is studied
numerically. First, a saturated flame model and a third-order saturated flame model are …

Multimodal oscillations in systems with strong contraction

G Medvedev, Y Yoo - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 2007 - Elsevier
One-and two-parameter families of flows in R3 near an Andronov–Hopf bifurcation (AHB)
are investigated in this work. We identify conditions on the global vector field, which yield a …

Propagation of a reaction front in a narrow sample of energetic material with heat losses: Chaotic regimes, extinction and intermittency

VN Kurdyumov, VV Gubernov - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
The influence of heat-losses on the flame dynamics in narrow samples of energetic material
is investigated numerically. The model is reduced to a one-dimensional form with the flame …

Chaos at the border of criticality

GS Medvedev, Y Yoo - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The present paper points out a novel scenario for the formation of chaotic attractors in a
class of models of excitable cell membranes near an Andronov–Hopf bifurcation (AHB). The …

A free boundary problem modeling thermal instabilities: stability and bifurcation

ML Frankel, V Roytburd - Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations, 1994 - Springer
In this paper, we analyze a simple free boundary model associated with solid combustion
and some phase transition processes. There is strong evidence that this “one-phase” model …