Boundary knot method for heat conduction in nonlinear functionally graded material

Zhuo Jia Fu, Wen Chen*, Qing Hua Qin

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    Abstract

    This paper firstly derives the nonsingular general solution of heat conduction in nonlinear functionally graded materials (FGMs), and then presents boundary knot method (BKM) in conjunction with Kirchhoff transformation and various variable transformations in the solution of nonlinear FGM problems. The proposed BKM is mathematically simple, easy-to-program, meshless, high accurate and integration-free, and avoids the controversial fictitious boundary in the method of fundamental solution (MFS). Numerical experiments demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the present scheme in the solution of heat conduction in two different types of nonlinear FGMs.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)729-734
    Number of pages6
    JournalEngineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
    Volume35
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2011

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