Blow-up rates in a parabolic system of ignition model (Q698867)

The paper deals with positive radially symmetric solutions to the nonlinear parabolic system of two equations \[ u_t = \Delta u + \lambda e^{p_1 u + q_1 v}, \qquad v_t = \Delta v + \mu e^{p_2 u + q_2 v} \] describing an ignition model for thermal explosions of two mixed solid fuels of finite extent (\(u, v\) are the temperatures of the fuels). Under suitable assumptions concerning the initial data the authors prove that the solution blows up in finite time in a single point and establish the estimates of the blow-up rates. The paper is connected with the earlier papers [\textit{A. Friedman} and \textit{J. B. Mcleod}, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 34, 425-447 (1985; Zbl 0576.35068); \textit{F. B. Weissler}, J. Differ. Equations 55, 204-224 (1985; Zbl 0555.35061)] concernig the single nonlinear equation of ignition model and continues the investigations of [\textit{Z. Lin, C. Xie} and \textit{M. Wang}, Northeast. Math. J. 13, 372-378 (1997; Zbl 0898.35043)].