... subjected to prescribed temperature boundary conditions. This method can be deployed by other numerical approaches (boundary element method, finite element method, finite element method, etc.) for the resolution of the heat conduction equation (linear or nonlinear), in terms of the Kirchhoff transformation...

... and finite element electrodynamics methods, to predict the optical properties of inhomogeneous nanostructure arrays. This method, applied to the properties of macroscopic SWCNT arrays, has resulted in a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms leading to the unique blackbody behavior of the material...

...Lawrence Agbezuge Finite element and finite difference solutions are obtained for transient temperature distribution in a partially cooled cylindrical rod that generates heat at a uniform rate. A portion of the rod is immersed in a coolant reservoir that is maintained at constant temperature...

... information which reflects the internal structure and properties of media than that by the continuous light sources. In the present research, a finite element model, which is based on the discrete ordinates method and least-squares variational principle, is developed to simulate short-pulse light radiative...

...W. An; L. M. Ruan; H. P. Tan; H. Qi In some radiative transfer processes, the time scales are usually on the order of 10 − 9 - 10 − 15 s , so the transient effect of radiation should be considered. In present research, a finite element model, which is based on the discrete ordinates method...

...Brian H. Dennis; George S. Dulikravich; Shinobu Yoshimura A three-dimensional finite element method (FEM) formulation for the prediction of unknown boundary conditions in linear steady thermoelastic continuum problems is presented. The present FEM formulation is capable of determining displacements...

... Galerkin finite element code. It is found that the structures of the mean velocity and temperature in plane Couette flow are similar to those in forced channel flow, but the empirical coefficients are different. The total (turbulent and viscous) shear stress and total (turbulent and conductive) heat flux...

...Samuel Graham, Member of ASME; David L. McDowell, Professor and ASME Fellow Estimation of the transverse thermal conductivity of continuous fiber reinforced composites containing a random fiber distribution with imperfect interfaces was performed using finite element analysis. FEA results were...

... adjacent to the indoor surface of a window. Detailed heat transfer results were obtained using a steady, laminar, two-dimensional, conjugate conduction/convection/radiation finite element model for two window temperatures (warm and cool compared to ambient) and irradiation levels, two louver to surface...

... on the artistic glass subjected to direct and diffused sunlight (situation A ) and to only diffused sunlight (situation B ) 6 Dilatation trends in glass sections ( 1 ), ( 2 ), ( 3 ) 5 Finite elements in glass sections ( 1 ), ( 2 ), ( 3 ) Each section of the glass chosen was divided...

... ,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. , 47 , pp. 452 – 462 . Bathe, K., 1982, Finite Element Procedures in Engineering Analysis , Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Wilson , E. , 1974 , “ The Static Condensation Algorithm ,” Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. , 8 , pp. 198 – 203 . Martin , T. J...

...X. Pu, Graduate Student, A fully implicit control-volume finite element method is used to analyze the phase change during DC casting of aluminum alloy. The mathematical model is based on the integral form of the enthalpy equation. A Eulerian-Lagrangian transformation, together with a deforming grid...

...U. N. Das; R. K. Deka; V. M. Soundalgekar 09 June 1998 23 July 1999 05 12 2007 Finite Element Heat Transfer Inverse Nonintrusive Diagnostics Stress Chung P. M. , and Anderson A. D. , 1961 , “ Unsteady Laminar Free Convection ,” ASME JOURNAL OF HEAT...

...A. Decarlis; M. Jaeger; R. Martin This paper concerns the determination of the effective thermal conductivity of heterogeneous media with randomly dispersed inclusions. Inclusions of arbitrary shape can be considered since the self-consistent problem is solved numerically with the finite element...

...B. H. Dennis; G. S. Dulikravich A finite element method formulation for the detection of unknown steady boundary conditions in heat conduction and linear elasticity and combined thermoelasticity continuum problems is presented. The present finite element method formulation is capable of determining...

...P. Cerisier; M. Jaeger; M. Medale; S. Rahal Experimental and numerical studies (using the finite element method) were conducted in a rectangular vessel for a high Prandtl number fluid (Pr = 880 at 25°C). The pattern of convective rolls is perturbed by lateral heating of one of the smaller sides...