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On the microwave hotspot problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

C. J. Coleman
C. J. Coleman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 1500.
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Abstract

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When an object is heated by microwaves, isolated regions of excessive heating can often occur. The present paper investigates such hotspots by both perturbation and numerical means. For quite normal materials, it is shown that small temperature anomalies can grow to form hotspots. Furthermore, such effects do not need to be associated with thermal runaway.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , July 1991 , pp. 1 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1991

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