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A free boundary problem in thermal insulation with a prescribed heat source

Analysis of PDEs 2023-01-18 v2

Abstract

We study the thermal insulation of a bounded body ΩRn\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n, under a prescribed heat source f>0f>0, via a bulk layer of insulating material. We consider a model of heat transfer between the insulated body and the environment determined by convection; this corresponds to Robin boundary conditions on the free boundary of the layer. We show that a minimal configuration exists and that it satisfies uniform density estimates.

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@article{arxiv.2205.03275,
  title  = {A free boundary problem in thermal insulation with a prescribed heat source},
  author = {Paolo Acampora and Emanuele Cristoforoni and Carlo Nitsch and Cristina Trombetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.03275},
  year   = {2023}
}