A note on the solution to a common thermal network problem encountered in heat-transfer analysis of spacecraft

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 861-879

  Milman, Mark ^a   Petrick, Walt ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homotopy; Steady state solution; Thermal network

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACECRAFT;

ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; THERMAL NETWORKS;

HEAT RADIATION;

HEAT TRANSFER; NETWORK MODEL; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 0034305955     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(00)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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