Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.,701. Email: ckchen@mail.ncku.edu.tw Tel: +886-62757575#62140
The hybrid method, which combines differential transformation and finite difference approximation techniques, is utilized to solve hyperbolic-type heat conduction (bio-heat) problems in one dimension. To capture the thermal behavior in a living tissue subjected to constant or exponential surface heating with the thermal wave model of bio-heat transfer, the relaxation time and the heat wave, which propagates in a direction perpendicular to the skin surface, are considered. The results show that the hybrid method can be used to solve hyperbolic heat conduction problems accurately.
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