Numerical solutions of the thermistor problem with a ramp electrical conductivity

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-162

  Kutluay, S ^a   Wood, A S ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference; Ramp electrical conductivity; Thermistor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS;

THERMISTORS;

EID: 0142031025     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-3003(02)00834-2     Document Type: Article

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