Coupled Field Problems

Contributed by researchers involved in multidisciplinary analysis of coupled fields, this book looks at problems in which heat transfer within a solid is coupled to fluid flow and heat transfer external to the solid are addressed together with other modes of heat transfer such as radiation. It also considers multidisciplinary analysis and optimization in the context of turbomachinery blade design, metal cutting and laser machining, as well as modelling of glass forms, and discusses dual reciprocity formulations for convective-diffusive solid-liquid phase change problems associated with metal foundry processes.