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Razvan A Satnoianu

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PubMed2006

Experimental steady pattern formation in reaction-diffusion-advection systems.

We present here experimental evidence of a mechanism of a steady-chemical pattern formation called "flow-and-diffusion structures" (FDS). Experiments were performed using the photosensitive chlorine dioxide-iodine-malonic acid reaction, where the differential diffusion can be chemically controlled. Using the analogy between an advection boundary and a moving boundary, we obtain the formation of spatially periodic steady patterns, which matches all the previously theoretical predictions for FDS patterns. Numerical simulations are also reported in agreement with the experimental results.

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PubMed2005

Stability of flow- and diffusion-distributed structures to inlet noise effects.

Stationary flow- and diffusion-distributed structures (FDS) patterns appear in a reaction-diffusion-advection system when a constant forcing is applied at the inlet of the reactor. We show that if the forcing is subject to noise, the FDS can be destroyed via the noise-induced Hopf instability. However, the FDS patterns are restored if the flow rate is sufficiently high. We demonstrate that the critical flow rate which is required for the stabilization of FDS has a power-law dependence on the noise amplitude.

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PubMed2003

Coexistence of stationary and traveling waves in reaction-diffusion-advection systems.

The flow- and diffusion-distributed structures (FDS) and the differential-flow instability (DIFI) are mechanisms that give rise to static and traveling waves in reactive flows with general, species-dependent transport terms. Here we consider a general framework which supports the simultaneous existence of FDS and DIFI patterns. We study the necessary conditions for each instability in general and compare them in order to derive their connection. The interaction between FDS and DIFI patterns gives rise to interesting wave behavior including stationary, upstream, and downstream traveling waves as well as an interesting regime where stationary and traveling waves coexist.

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