Application of Finite-Element Analysis to Terrestrial Heat Flow

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1980

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Indiana Geological Survey

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A program ( FINITEG) uses the finite-element method to deal with problems commonly encountered in the study of terrestrial heat flow. FINITEG can provide transient and steady-state solutions to one heat-flow problem or combined problems related to relief, nonuniform surface temperature, transient surface temperature, inhomogeneous thermal properties, heat generation, igneous intrusion, sedimentation, and erosion. The theory of the relevant finite-element method, programming procedures, and test results are given to prove that the algorithm is correct. Numerical solutions agree to within 5 percent of the analytical solutions for the individual problems.

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Occasional Paper;29

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Finite-Element Analysis; Terrestrial Heat Flow; Geophysical Computer Programs

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Lee, Tien-Chang, Rudman, Albert J., Sjoreen, Andrea, 1980, Application of Finite-Element Analysis to Terrestrial Heat Flow. Indiana Geological Survey Occasional Paper 29, 53 p., 9 fig.

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