Biot-Fourier equation
Biot-Fourier equation
[¦byō ¦für·yā i′kwā·zhən] (thermodynamics)
An equation for heat conduction which states that the rate of change of temperature at any point divided by the thermal diffusivity equals the Laplacian of the temperature.
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