Credit points: 3
Prerequisites: heat transfer- 0542.3620
Basic laws, linear and non linear formulations. Other areas similar to heat conduction.
Exact analytical solutions using separation of variables, Laplace and Fourier transforms, complex temperature, conformal mapping, sources and sinks, images and Green function methods. Approximate and numerical methods. Integral method, Mont-Carlo method and finite differences. Variational methods and finite elements. Relation to irreversible thermodynamics.