Heat Transfer Due to Thermoelastic Wave Propagation in a Porous Rod

Abstract

This paper investigates the propagation of thermoelastic waves in a homogeneous, linear, and isotropic porous solid. For physical and mathematical simplicity, one-dimensional wave propagation in a porous solid rod is considered to explain the concept of heat transfer caused by motion. The solutions of governing equations show that the transfer of heat in a porous rod is not only due to the conduction but also produced by the local particle displacement phenomenon. It is observed that the time-averaged transfer of heat depends on the circular frequency, porosity, thermal conductivity, thermal relaxation, specific heat, and other material coefficients.