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Download or read book Lectures on Mathematical Combustion. Lecture 2. Governing Equations, Asymptotics, and Deflagrations written by J. D. Buckmaster and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of formulating the governing equations of combusion consists, as its simplest, in characterizing the flow of a viscous, heat-conducting mixture of diffusing, reacting gases. This is a formidable task that could fill a week of lectures by itself, most of which would not be of great interest to a mathematical audience. Mindful of this, we shall limit ourselves to a description, rather than a derivation, of the simplest equations that can be brought to bear on combustion problems. Only the most important assumptions normally used to justify the equations will be discussed; for a more extensive treatment the reader is referred to Buckmaster & Ludford (1982).