%0 Journal Article
%T A new approach to the theory of heat conduction with finite wave speeds
%A Vito Antonio Cimmelli
%A Witold Kosi¨˝ski
%A Katarzyna Saxton
%J Le Matematiche
%D 1991
%I University of Catania
%X Relations between the physical models describing the heat conduction in solids and a phenomenological model leading to quasi-linear hyperbolic equations and systems of conservation laws are presented. A new semi-empirical temperature scale is introduced in terms of which a modified Fourier law is formulated. The hyperbolicity of the heat conduction equation is discussed together with some wave propagation problems.
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