TY - EJOU AU - Ni, Jui-Hsun AU - Chang, Cheng-Chi AU - Yang, Yue-Tzu AU - Chen, Cha’o-Kung TI - Surface Heating Problems of Thermal Propagation in Living Tissue Solved by Differential Transformation Method T2 - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences PY - 2011 VL - 72 IS - 1 SN - 1526-1506 AB - 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. KW - differential transformation KW - bio-heat transfer KW - relaxation time KW - thermal wave DO - 10.3970/cmes.2011.072.037