Table of Contents

Introduction to Green’s Functions. Numbering System in Heat Conduction. Derivation of the Green’s Function Solution Equation. Methods for Obtaining Green’s Functions. Improvement of Convergence and Intrinsic Verification. Rectangular Coordinates. Cylindrical Coordinates. Radial Heat Flow in Spherical Coordinates. Steady-Periodic Heat Conduction. Galerkin-Based Green’s Functions and Solutions. Applications of the Galerkin-Based Green’s Functions. Unsteady Surface Element Method. Problems. References. Appendices. Index.

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Kevin Cole, James Beck, A. Haji-Sheikh, Bahman Litkouhi