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Reaction-diffusion front crossing a local defect.

Jean-Guy Caputo¹, Benoit Sarels

¹Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen, Boîte Postale 8, 76801 Saint-Étienne du Rouvray, France. caputo@insa-rouen.fr

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We studied how reaction-diffusion fronts interact with defects. A simplified model explains front pinning on defects, providing a quantitative criterion for this phenomenon.

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Area of Science:

Chemical kinetics
Physical chemistry
Mathematical modeling

Background:

Reaction-diffusion systems are fundamental to many natural phenomena.
Understanding front dynamics is crucial for various applications.
Localized defects can significantly alter front propagation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the interaction between Zeldovich-Frank-Kamenetsky reaction-diffusion fronts and localized defects.
To develop a simplified model for analyzing this interaction.
To explain and quantify the pinning of reaction-diffusion fronts by defects.

Main Methods:

Numerical simulations of reaction-diffusion equations.
Analytical treatment based on conservation laws.
Development of collective variable ordinary differential equations.
Comparison of reduced model solutions with full problem solutions.

Main Results:

The collective variable model accurately predicts front behavior.
The model successfully explains the pinning mechanism of fronts on defects.
A quantitative criterion for front pinning was derived.

Conclusions:

A reduced model based on conservation laws effectively describes front-defect interactions.
The derived criterion provides a predictive tool for front pinning phenomena.
This work offers insights into controlling reaction-diffusion front dynamics in heterogeneous media.