Heat transfer question in pde toolbox
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Hello all,
I have a question about using pde toolbox for heat transfer analysis. I used
createpde('thermal','transient')
to create the heat transfer model for analysis. And it seems that MATLAB solves heat transfer equations where only thermal conductivity is temperature-dependent as shown in the examples, and the equation is in the form
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/226344/image.png)
But I defined all of density, specific heat and thermal conductivity as temperature dependent. Will MATLAB provide a correct solution?
Any explanation or reference will be highly appreciated. Thank you very much!
Best,
Shengyue
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Ravi Kumar
on 26 Jun 2019
Yes, all the three properties can be defined as function of temperature. This will make the problem highly nonlinear, existance of a solution and solver's aility to converge to it need to tested on individual case.
Regards,
Ravi
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