Transformation thermodynamics

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DeltaV
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Transformation thermodynamics

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New 'thermal' approach to invisibility cloaking hides heat to enhance technology

Transformation thermodynamics: cloaking and concentrating heat flux

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We adapt tools of transformation optics, governed by a (elliptic) wave equation, to thermodynamics, governed by the (parabolic) heat equation. We apply this new concept to an invibility cloak in order to thermally protect a region (a dead core) and to a concentrator to focus heat flux in a small region. We finally propose a multilayered cloak consisting of 20 homogeneous concentric layers with a piecewise constant isotropic diffusivity working over a finite time interval (homogenization approach).
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Kudos to the Optical Society of America for the open-access journal.



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Re: Transformation thermodynamics

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Multiphysics cloak: manipulating heat flux and electric current simultaneously --
http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.6949

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