International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2004 (2004), Issue 1-4, Pages 77-90
doi:10.1155/S0161171204206172
  
     
          
          Stability of reaction fronts in thin domains
          
            A. Agouzal1
            , S. Boujena2
            , I. Ciuperca1
             and V. Volpert1
          
          1Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées, UMR 5585 CNRS, Université de Lyon 1, Villeurbanne 69622, France
          2Département de Mathématiques et Informatique, Université Hassan II, B.P 5366, Maarif, Casablanca, Morocco
          
          Abstract
The paper is devoted to the stability of reaction fronts in thin domains. The influence of natural convection and of heat losses through the walls of the reactor is studied numerically and analytically. Critical conditions of stability of stationary solutions are obtained.