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Multilayer diffusion in a composite medium with imperfect contact

  • Natalie E. Sheils

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Abstract

The problem of heat conduction in one-dimensional piecewise homogeneous composite materials is examined by providing an explicit solution of the one-dimensional heat equation in each domain. The location of the interfaces is known, but neither temperature nor heat flux are prescribed there. We find a solution using the Unified Transform Method, due to Fokas and collaborators, applied to interface problems and compute solutions numerically.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)450-464
Number of pages15
JournalApplied Mathematical Modelling
Volume46
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

  • Fokas Method
  • Heat conduction
  • Imperfect thermal contact
  • Unified Transform Method

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