FKPP fronts in cellular flows: the large-Péclet regime

DOI10.1137/15M1006714zbMATH Open1327.76163arXiv1502.00832OpenAlexW2963894813MaRDI QIDQ2945463FDOQ2945463

Authors: A. Tzella, J. Vanneste 

Publication date: 11 September 2015

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the propagation of chemical fronts arising in Fisher--Kolmogorov--Petrovskii--Piskunov (FKPP) type models in the presence of a steady cellular flow. In the long-time limit, a steadily propagating pulsating front is established. Its speed, on which we focus, can be obtained by solving an eigenvalue problem closely related to large-deviation theory. We employ asymptotic methods to solve this eigenvalue problem in the limit of small molecular diffusivity (large P'eclet number, $extPegg1$) and arbitrary reaction rate (arbitrary Damk"ohler number $extDa$). We identify three regimes corresponding to the distinguished limits $extDa=O(ext{Pe}^{-1})$, $extDa=Oleft((logextPe{)}^{-1}ight)$ and $extDa=O(extPe)$ and, in each regime, obtain the front speed in terms of a different non-trivial function of the relevant combination of $extPe$ and $extDa$. Closed-form expressions for the speed, characterised by power-law and logarithmic dependences on $extDa$ and $extPe$ and valid in intermediate regimes, are deduced as limiting cases. Taken together, our asymptotic results provide a complete description of the complex dependence of the front speed on $extDa$ for $extPegg1$. They are confirmed by numerical solutions of the eigenvalue problem determining the front speed, and illustrated by a number of numerical simulations of the advection--diffusion--reaction equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.00832

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zbMATH Keywords

large deviationshomogenizationboundary layerHamilton-Jacobifront propagationWKBcellular flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Diffusion and convection (76R99) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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• Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

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