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THERMODYNAMIC SUBSTANTIATION OF THE VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLE 
FOR NONLINEAR PROBLEMS OF UNSTEADY-STATE HEAT CONDUCTION

V. A. Bondarev

UDC 536.2:517.9

A variational formulation of the problem of unsteady-state 
heat conduction is presented. A nonlinear functional obtained 
as a result of an analysis of unsteady-state heat transfer is 
suggested. The variational method can be used for solving 
problems with a strong nonlinearity for which finite-difference 
approximations do not enable one to obtain sutisfactory results. 
A technique for calculating the approximation error in variational 
problems is considered.

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