Blow-up rate for a nonlinear diffusion equation Original Research Article

In this work we study the blow-up rate for a nonlinear diffusion equation with an inner source and a nonlinear boundary flux, which is equivalent to a porous medium equation with convection. Depending upon the sign of a parameter included, the source can be positive or negative (absorption). By the scaling method, we obtain that the blow-up rate is independent of a negative source, while for the situation with a positive source, the blow-up rate is determined by the interaction between the inner source and the boundary flux. Comparing with the previous results for the porous medium model without convection, we observe that the gradient term included here does not affect the blow-up rates of solutions.