Discrete thermal element modelling of heat conduction in particle systems: Basic formulations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 5072-5089

  Feng, Y T ^a   Han, K ^a   Li, C F ^a   Owen, D R J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary (integral) equation element; Circular particle; Discrete thermal element method; Heat conduction; Thermal contact

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BASIC FORMULATION; BOUNDARY (INTEGRAL) EQUATION/ELEMENT; CIRCULAR PARTICLE; CONTACT ZONE; DISCRETE THERMAL ELEMENT METHOD; ELEMENT METHOD; ELEMENT MODELS; PARTICLES SYSTEM; THERMAL CONTACT; THERMAL ELEMENTS;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

EID: 41249085232     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.01.031     Document Type: Article

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