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most citedDispersion in rectangular networks: effective diffusivity and large-deviation rate function

12 citations · 19 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

math.AP2025

The role of mutants in the spatio-temporal progression of inflammatory bowel disease: three classes of permanent form travelling waves

Blaine van Rensburg, David J. Needham, Fabian Spill +1

Despite its high prevalence and impact on the lives of those affected, a complete understanding of the cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is lacking. In this paper, we inves…

math.AP2024

KPP fronts in shear flows with cut-off reaction rates

D. J. Needham, A. Tzella

We consider the effect of a shear flow which has, without loss of generality, a zero mean flow rate, on a Kolmogorov--Petrovskii--Piscounov (KPP) type model in the presence of a di…

math.AP2020

The Evolution of Travelling Waves in a KPP Reaction-Diffusion Model with cut-off Reaction Rate. II. Evolution of Travelling Waves

A. D. O. Tisbury, D. J. Needham, A. Tzella

In Part II of this series of papers, we consider an initial-boundary value problem for the Kolmogorov--Petrovskii--Piscounov (KPP) type equation with a discontinuous cut-off in the…

cs.CE2020

Diffusion in arrays of obstacles: beyond homogenisation

Yahya Farah, Daniel Loghin, Alexandra Tzella +1

We revisit the classical problem of diffusion of a scalar (or heat) released in a two-dimensional medium with an embedded periodic array of impermeable obstacles such as perforatio…

physics.flu-dyn2018

Chemical front propagation in periodic flows: FKPP vs G

Alexandra Tzella, Jacques Vanneste

We investigate the influence of steady periodic flows on the propagation of chemical fronts in an infinite channel domain. We focus on the sharp front arising in Fisher--Kolmogorov…

physics.flu-dyn2015★ 12 cited

Dispersion in rectangular networks: effective diffusivity and large-deviation rate function

Alexandra Tzella, Jacques Vanneste

The dispersion of a diffusive scalar in a fluid flowing through a network has many applications including to biological flows, porous media, water supply and urban pollution. Motiv…