Research

Microscale Heat Transfer

Numerical analysis of microscale heat transfer problems for biological and microtechnological applications.

Abstract of latest publication:

A hybrid finite element - finite difference (FE-FD) method has been developed for solving three dimensional parabolic differential equations with irregular double-layered geometry in the three dimensions. It is shown that the scheme is unconditionally stable with respect to the initial condition and the heat source. The method is illustrated by three numerical examples in which the temperature rise in a gold layer on a chromium padding layer is investigated.

Link to Article:  FE-FD Hybrid Scheme