Multidimensional Heat Transfer

• This equation governs the Cartesian, temperature distribution for a three-dimensional unsteady, heat transfer problem involving heat generation.

• For steady state ?/ ?t = 0

• No generation

• To solve for the full equation, it requires a total of six boundary conditions: two for each direction. Only one initial condition is needed to account for the transient behavior.

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