ABSTRACT
It is possible to compute distribution of temperatures in a one-dimensional medium by using the finite element procedure. The temperatures and quantity of heat flow can be found at any point in the bar and at any time level, giving the entire thermal history under cooling or heating due to a given change in temperature. This chapter explains problems in which temperature or fluid pressures act in addition to external loading. These effects can occur in two ways. For the case when the magnitudes of temperature or fluid pressures are known, it is relatively easier to include them in the finite element formulations because the effects can be superimposed or considered as uncoupled. Some examples of these are known temperature distribution in a structure and known fluid pressure in a porous body. The general case occurs when temperature is unknown just like the displacement. The chapter considers interaction or coupling between deformation and thermal effects.
