The use of a coupled computational model for studying the microwave heating of wood

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-197

  Zhao, H ^a   Turner, I W ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WOOD;

FINITE VOLUME TIME DOMAIN ALGORITHM; THERMAL DISTRIBUTION;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; MICROWAVE DRYING; WOOD;

EID: 0034162370     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(99)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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