Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)1228-1231
Abstract
The transformation optics or acoustics in the design of metamaterials has been
successfully applied to a number of physical phenomena. This novel method provides simple
routes to attain certain significant effects such as invisibility cloaks, concentrators, and others.
Given a mapping between two geometric configurations, the material properties of the trans-
formed domain can be accordingly determined. They are in general anisotropic, position varying
and sometimes of extreme values at certain points. This in fact restricts the practicality of real
fabrication. Here we are concerned with the transient behavior of heat conduction. An inverse
algorithm is presented here in the design of transformed medium based on the invariance of
governing equation between physical and virtual configurations. We will demonstrate that the
thermal capacity (thermal conductivity and heat capacity) can be tailored in specific forms, spa-
tially uniform, linear or quadratic functions of positions, so that the design can be materialized
more easily. Numerical illustrations are also presented for 2D and 3D thermal cloak for transient
thermal conduction.
Citation
Tungyang Chen,
and
Yu-Lin Tsai,
"Tailoring Specific Heat and Density in the Design of Thermal Transformation Media," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)1228-1231