International Journal of Numerical Methods and Applications

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NUMERICAL RESOLUTION OF A FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM IN A HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM

Authors

  • Mohamed KARIMOU GAZIBO
  • Aboubacar ABDOU

Keywords:

free boundary problem, heterogeneous medium, traveling wave solution, system of parabolic/Hamilton-Jacobi equations, numerical resolution, finite element

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17654/0975045225007

Abstract

This paper investigates the propagation of a flame front in a periodic heterogeneous solid medium under the effect of temperature. The system of PDEs for the temperature and the interface form a free boundary system composed of a parabolic equation coupled with a Hamilton-Jacobi type equation. We propose a monotonous and stable numerical scheme and verify numerically that the numerical solution converges to a traveling wave solution for large time.

Received: November 6, 2024
Revised: December 20, 2024
Accepted: December 25, 2024

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2025-01-20

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NUMERICAL RESOLUTION OF A FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM IN A HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM. (2025). International Journal of Numerical Methods and Applications, 25(1), 151-186. https://doi.org/10.17654/0975045225007

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