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Thermal Dynamics

Conductive transient thermal physics with exact density-heat-capacity BDF1/BDF2 evolution and differentiable optimization support.

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equation_summaryrho*Cp*dT/dt - div(k*grad(T)) = Q
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descriptionConductive transient thermal physics with exact density-heat-capacity BDF1/BDF2 evolution and differentiable optimization support.
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Conductive transient thermal physics with exact density-heat-capacity BDF1/BDF2 evolution and differentiable optimization support.

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dynamic_outputs[]
equation_summaryrho*Cp*dT/dt - div(k*grad(T)) = Q
frequency_domain_runtimenull
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descriptionConductive transient thermal physics with exact density-heat-capacity BDF1/BDF2 evolution and differentiable optimization support.
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physics-interface:td
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src/telion_backend/v2/physics
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PhysicsDeclaration