ABSTRACT
The number of exact solutions in transient heat conduction and diffusion is extremely large and is growing. These solutions are needed for thermal modeling of various devices, as test cases for finite difference/element programs, and as influence functions for the unsteady surface element method (see Chapter 12). Solutions are given in many different papers, government reports, and industry reports. Because of the lack of organization of the solutions, it was frequently easier to rederive a solution than to search for it. With the advent of the internet and inexpensive computer storage, the development of specialized data bases has become practical, and they exist in medicine, law, and many other fields.
