Various methods to the thermistor problem with a bulk electrical conductivity

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Kutluay, S ^a   Bahadir, A R ^a   Ozdes A ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bulk electrical conductivity; Finite difference; Finite element; Heat balance integral; Thermistor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

HEAT BALANCE INTEGRAL;

THERMISTORS;

EID: 0032649411     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990510)45:1<1::AID-NME565>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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