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NOMENCLTURE<br />

B Biot Number<br />

k Thermal conductivity<br />

h Heat transfer coefficient<br />

m Order <strong>of</strong> the geometry<br />

r Coord<strong>in</strong>ate<br />

R Maximum coord<strong>in</strong>ate<br />

S Shape factor<br />

t Time<br />

T Temperature<br />

V Volume<br />

gp Internal <strong>heat</strong> generation<br />

G Dimensionless <strong>in</strong>ternal <strong>heat</strong> generation<br />

x Dimensionless coord<strong>in</strong>ate<br />

PAM Polynomial approximation<br />

P Modified Biot number<br />

Greek symbol<br />

α Thermal diffusivity<br />

τ Dimensionless time<br />

θ Dimensionless temperature<br />

θ Dimensionless average temperature<br />

Subscripts<br />

◦ Initial<br />

∞ Inf<strong>in</strong>ite<br />

v

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