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Two-dimensional isoparametric finite elements are used to solve problems of heat and mass transfer in porous bodies. A comparison of the numerical calculations with the analytic solutions of one-dimensional problems shows a very good agreement.
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Edited by M. D. Mikhailov. Sofia, Bulgaria.
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 483–488, September, 1975.
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Lewis, R.W., Comini, G. & Humpheson, C. Use of the finite-element method in problems of heat and mass transfer in porous bodies. Journal of Engineering Physics 29, 1154–1159 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00861213
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00861213