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Analysis and Comparison of Large Time Front Speeds in Turbulent Combustion Models
Predicting turbulent flame speed (the large time front speed) is a
fundamental problem in turbulent combustion theory. Several models have been
proposed to study the turbulent flame speed, such as the G-equations, the
F-equations (Majda-Souganidis model) and reaction-diffusion-advection (RDA)
equations. In the first part of this paper, we show that flow induced strain
reduces front speeds of G-equations in periodic compressible and shear flows.
The F-equations arise in asymptotic analysis of reaction-diffusion-advection
equations and are quadratically nonlinear analogues of the G-equations. In the
second part of the paper, we compare asymptotic growth rates of the turbulent
flame speeds from the G-equations, the F-equations and the RDA equations in the
large amplitude () regime of spatially periodic flows. The F and G equations
share the same asymptotic front speed growth rate; in particular, the same
sublinear growth law holds in cellular flows. Moreover, in two
space dimensions, if one of these three models (G-equation, F-equation and the
RDA equation) predicts the bending effect (sublinear growth in the large flow),
so will the other two. The nonoccurrence of speed bending is characterized by
the existence of periodic orbits on the torus and the property of their
rotation vectors in the advective flow fields. The cat's eye flow is discussed
as a typical example of directional dependence of the front speed bending. The
large time front speeds of the viscous F-equation have the same growth rate as
those of the inviscid F and G-equations in two dimensional periodic
incompressible flows.Comment: 42 page
Uniqueness of Values of Aronsson Operators and Running Costs in “tug-of-War” Games
Let be the Aronsson operator associated with a Hamiltonian
Aronsson operators arise from variational problems, two person game
theory, control problems, etc. In this paper, we prove, under suitable
conditions, that if is simultaneously a
viscosity solution of both of the equations and in
, where then The assumption can be relaxed to in many
interesting situations. Also, we prove that if and is
simultaneously a viscosity solution of the equations and in then
This answers a question posed in Peres, Schramm, Scheffield and Wilson
[PSSW] concerning whether or not the value function uniquely determines the
running cost in the "tug-of-war" game.Comment: To appear in "Ann. Inst. H. Poincare Anal. Non Lineaire
Ballistic Orbits and Front Speed Enhancement for ABC Flows
We study the two main types of trajectories of the ABC flow in the
near-integrable regime: spiral orbits and edge orbits. The former are helical
orbits which are perturbations of similar orbits that exist in the integrable
regime, while the latter exist only in the non-integrable regime. We prove
existence of ballistic (i.e., linearly growing) spiral orbits by using the
contraction mapping principle in the Hamiltonian formulation, and we also find
and analyze ballistic edge orbits. We discuss the relationship of existence of
these orbits with questions concerning front propagation in the presence of
flows, in particular, the question of linear (i.e., maximal possible) front
speed enhancement rate for ABC flows.Comment: 39 pages, 26 figure
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