Tricritical point as a crossover between type-Is and type-IIs bifurcations

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Abstract

A tricritical point as a crossover between (stationary finite-wavelength) type-Is and (stationary longwave) type-IIs bifurcations is identified in the study of diffusive-thermal (Turing) instability of flames propagating in a Hele-Shaw channel in a direction transverse to a shear flow. Three regimes exhibiting different scaling laws are identified in the neighbourhood of the tricritical point. For these three regimes, sixth-order partial differential equations are obtained governing the weakly nonlinear evolution of unstable solutions near the onset of instability. These sixth-order PDES may be regarded as the substitute for the classical fourth-order Kuramoto­­­­­­–­­Sivashinsky equation which is not applicable near the tricritical point.
Original languageEnglish
Article number2
JournalProgress in Scale Modeling, an International Journal
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Oct 2023

Funding

This research was supported by the UK EPSRC through grant EP/V004840/1

Keywords

  • tricritical point
  • sixth-order PDEs
  • Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation
  • Weakly nonlinear analysis

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