Analysis of Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Transient Heat Conduction in Anisotropic Solids by Boundary Element Method Using Dual Reciprocity Method

Abstract

This paper is concerned with an application of the boundary element method using the dual reciprocity method to analyze nonlinear transient heat conduction in anisotropic solids. In this study, as the fundamental solution of this problem is not obtained, the concept (Analog Equation Method) proposed by Katsikadelis and Nerantzaki is applied. A standard linear partial differential operator in which the fundamental solution can be obtained extracts from a nonlinear partial differential equation. One can consider the remainder as a body force and solve the equation using DRM. Mathematical formulations of this approach for two-dimensional problems are presented in detail. Two schemes are discussed in this paper : The “isotropic” scheme, in which the operator of steady-state heat conduction in isotropic solids extracts, and the “anisotropic” one, where the operator of the steady-state heat conduction in anisotropic solids does. The proposed solution procedure is applied to a couple of typical examples, and the validity and other numerical properties of the proposed BEM are demonstrated through discussons of the results obtained.