Thermal quadripoles method extended with integral transforms -- calculations of the heat transfer across a two-dimensional plane crack (Q1329722)

The quadripole method, used in the case of monodirectional diffusion problems, is extended to bi- or tri-directional cases. The main point is to use integral transforms (usually Fourier transforms) for several space variables and Laplace transform for the time variable. The calculus of the heat transfer across multilayer materials is then presented as a simple matrix product in the transformed space. A second part is devoted to the calculus of the heat transfer across a finite two-dimensional defect.