Numerical Approximations of the Spectral Discretization of Flame Front Model

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the numerical solution of the flame front equation, which is one of the most fundamental equations for modeling combustion theory. A schema combining a finite difference approach in the time direction and a spectral method for the space discretization is proposed. We give a detailed analysis for the proposed schema by providing some stability and error estimates in a particular case. For the general case, although we are unable to provide a rigorous proof for the stability, some numerical experiments are carried out to verify the efficiency of the schema. Our numerical results show that the stable solution manifolds have a simple structure when $\beta$ is small, while they become more complex as the bifurcation parameter $\beta$ increases. At last numerical experiments were performed to support the claim the solution of flame front equation preserves the same structure as K-S equation.