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A nonlocal problem arising from heat radiation on non-convex surfaces
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 1997
Abstract
We consider both stationary and time-dependent heat equations for a non-convex body or a collection of disjoint conducting bodies with Stefan-Boltzmann radiation conditions on the surface. The main novelty of the resulting problem is the non-locality of the boundary condition due to self-illuminating radiation on the surface. Moreover, the problem is nonlinear and in the general case also non-coercive. We show that the non-local boundary value problem admits a maximum principle. Hence, we can prove the existence of a weak solution assuming the existence of upper and lower solutions. This result is then applied to prove existence under some hypotheses that guarantee the existence of sub- and supersolutions. Some special cases where the problem is coercive are also discussed. Finally, the analysis is extended to cases with nonlinear material properties.
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