General boundary element method for nonlinear heat transfer problems governed by hyperbolic heat conduction equation (Q1376223)

The author applies the general boundary element method (BEM) to solve 2D unsteady nonlinear heat transfer problems of inhomogeneous materials governed by the hyperbolic heat conduction equation (HHCE): \[ {1\over c^2} {\partial^2T \over \partial F^2}+ {1\over \alpha} {\partial T\over \partial F} ={\partial \over \partial \overline x} \left[ \overline k_1,(T) {\partial T\over \partial\overline x} \right]+{\partial\over \partial \overline y} \left[\overline k_2(T) {\partial T\over \partial \overline y} \right] +\overline s(\overline x, \overline y, \overline t). \] Traditional BEM can be applied to such problems if the nonlinear operator can be split up into linear and nonlinear parts and a fundamental solution of the linear part can be found. In case there is no linear part of the operator, the traditional BEM is invalid. In case \(\overline k_1 (T)= \overline k_2(T)\), the equation under investigation can be solved by traditional BEM. However in case \(\overline k_1 (T)\neq \overline k_2(T)\), the traditional BEM is invalid. Herein it is shown that general BEM proposed by \textit{S. J. Liao} [Boundary Elem. 17, 67-74 (1995; Zbl 0839.65132)] is still valid to solve HHCE even in case \(\overline k_1(T)\neq\overline k_2(T)\).