Application of cubic B-spline finite element technique to the thermistor problem

A numerical solution to the thermistor problem is obtained using the cubic B-spline finite elements. The resulting system of ordinary differential equations is solved by the finite-difference method. Excellent agreement is obtained between the numerical results and the analytic solution for the three phases.

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