Influence of the composition gradient on the propagation of heat pulses in functionally graded nanomaterials

B-Y Cao1, M Di Domenico2, B-D Nie1

  • 1Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.

Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
|February 15, 2019
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