Asymptotics of the solution of the main problem of the integral fire theory (Q981735)

The authors consider the main problem of the integral theory of fire in a room with a single opening. Precisely speaking the aim of the paper is to construct and analyze the solution \(\hat r(\tau)\) of the system of equation \[ {dr\over d\tau}=-\tau^2r+Q(1-r)^{3/2}\xi^{3/2}, \tag{1} \] \[ \tau^2+Q(1-r)^{1/2}(\xi^{3/2}-r^{-1/2}(1-\xi)^{3/2})=0, \tag{2} \] with the initial condition \[ \hat r(0)=1,\tag{3} \] where: \(r=r(\tau)\) -- is the relative density of the gas medium and is related to the volume-average temperature \(T_m\) in the room by the formula \(T_m=T_0/r(\tau)\) where \(T_0\) is the absolute emperature of the external air, \(\tau\) is the time since the beginning of the fire in the conventional units, \(Q\) is a positive parameter specified by the size of the opening and other conditions of the problem, \(\xi=\xi(\tau,r)\) has the meaning of the relative height of the equal pressure plane which separates the opposite flows of gases in the opening. The quantity \(\xi^0:=\xi(0,1)\) is the initial height of the equal pressure plane. The problem of an appropriate choice of the value \(\xi^0\) is an importance problem of the mathematical theory of fire. The authors obtain the asymptotic representations for the solution \(\hat r(\tau)\) both as \(\tau\to0\) and as \(\tau\to\infty\), computed the quantity \(\xi^0\) and derived conditions under which the one-side operation mode of the opening is possible. In the proof, they use the strong calculation, Picard approximations, Taylor formula and some standard theorems of mathematical analysis.