Prediction and Control of Dynamical Systems: Applications in Combustion and Chemical Reactors

Abstract

Chemical model systems were studied to develop insights into the behavior and control of spatiotemporal dynamical systems. Noise supported wave propagation has been characterized as well as power-law relations that are characteristic of avalanche behavior. Studies were also carried out of periodically driven excitable media, spatial symmetry breaking, and the evolution of three-dimensional scroll waves. Theoretical studies were carried out on exclusive product selectivity and self-segregation in systems with competitive autocatalysis as well as coherent structure analysis of spatiotemporal chaos. Topographic organization of Hebbian neural connections, uncertain destination dynamics in coupled Lorenz systems, and normal modes for chemical reactions from time series analysis were also studied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2002
Accession Number
ADA399969

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Showalter

Organizations

  • West Virginia University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Reactors
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Decomposition
  • Diffusion
  • Dynamics
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  • Physics
  • Reaction Mechanisms
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Three Dimensional
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Traveling Waves
  • Wave Propagation
  • West Virginia

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