HYBRID NUMERICAL/ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO NONLINEAR DIFFUSION PROBLEMS
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
- Vol. 17 (2) , 217-226
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10407799008961740
Abstract
A class of nonlinear diffusion-type problems is handled through a hybrid method. This method incorporates the ideas in the generalized integral transform technique to reduce the original partial differential equation into a denumerable system of coupled ordinary differential equations. These equations can then be solved through standard numerical techniques, once the system is truncated to a finite order. Sufficient conditions for the convergence of the truncated finite system are then examined. An application is considered that deals with a transient radiative fin problem, which is quite suitable for illustrating the solution methodology and convergence behavior.Keywords
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