Advanced Concepts and Techniques in Thermal Modelling

This collection of papers presents numerical approaches or conceptual tools that either reduce the computational time or allow a more accurate description of thermal systems. It covers heat transfer modelling at the following levels: system level, (bond graphs, network representations); at the classical macroscopic level based on the continuum mechanics description (combining control, volume and finite elements methods, multigrids); and at a microscopic level (new and promising techniques like molecular dynamics or cellular automate).