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Multilayer diffusion in a composite medium with imperfect contact

Numerical Analysis 2016-12-23 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

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.

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@article{arxiv.1610.02945,
  title  = {Multilayer diffusion in a composite medium with imperfect contact},
  author = {Natalie E. Sheils},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.02945},
  year   = {2016}
}

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21 pages, 10 figures

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