TY - JOUR T1 - A Boundary Meshless Method for Solving Heat Transfer Problems Using the Fourier Transform AU - Tadeu , A. AU - Chen , C. S. AU - Antόnio , J. AU - Simões , Nuno JO - Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics VL - 5 SP - 572 EP - 585 PY - 2011 DA - 2011/03 SN - 3 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.10-m1039 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/aamm/183.html KW - Transient heat transfer, meshless methods, method of particular solutions, method of fundamental solutions, frequency domain, Fourier transform. AB -

Fourier transform is applied to remove the time-dependent variable in the diffusion equation. Under non-harmonic initial conditions this gives rise to a non-homogeneous Helmholtz equation, which is solved by the method of fundamental solutions and the method of particular solutions. The particular solution of Helmholtz equation is available as shown in [4, 15]. The approximate solution in frequency domain is then inverted numerically using the inverse Fourier transform algorithm. Complex frequencies are used in order to avoid aliasing phenomena and to allow the computation of the static response. Two numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach for solving 2-D diffusion equations.