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List <strong>of</strong> Figures<br />

2.1 Grid for using the finite difference method . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

2.2 Typical grid for the finite element method . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

2.3 Diagram showing the discretisation <strong>of</strong> the boundary into ele-<br />

ments and the collocation <strong>of</strong> a typical base node with a target<br />

element for the boundary element method . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

2.4 Region <strong>of</strong> geometry for the method <strong>of</strong> fundamental solutions . 24<br />

3.1 The movement <strong>of</strong> the <strong>isotherm</strong>s with time in example 3.1 . . 43<br />

3.2 Temperature plotted as a function <strong>of</strong> position in example 3.2<br />

for ˜t = 0.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />

3.3 The positions <strong>of</strong> the <strong>isotherm</strong>s for 0 � ˜x � 5 plotted as a<br />

function <strong>of</strong> time for example 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />

3.4 The graph <strong>of</strong> f1(˜x1, ˜t) for ˜t = 0.1 in example 3.2 . . . . . . . . 46<br />

3.5 The graph <strong>of</strong> f2(˜x2, ˜t) for ˜t = 0.1 in example 3.2 . . . . . . . . 47<br />

3.6 The graphs <strong>of</strong> ũ(˜x, ˜t) = f1(˜x1, ˜t) + f2(˜x2, ˜t) and the analytic<br />

solution at ˜t = 0.1 in example 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />

3.7 The graph <strong>of</strong> f1(˜x1, ˜t) for ˜t = 0.5 in example 3.2 . . . . . . . . 48<br />

3.8 The graph <strong>of</strong> f2(˜x2, ˜t) for ˜t = 0.5 in example 3.2 . . . . . . . . 48<br />

3.9 The graphs <strong>of</strong> ũ(˜x, ˜t) = f1(˜x1, ˜t) + f2(˜x2, ˜t) and the analytic<br />

solution at ˜t = 0.5 in example 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />

3.10 The positions <strong>of</strong> <strong>isotherm</strong> 2 for linear variation in α in exam-<br />

ple 3.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />

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