2013 · 47 citations · 3 references
EngineeringMechanical EngineeringPhysicsComputational Heat TransferHeat TransferThermodynamicsFractal GeometryHeat ConductionHeat Transfer In FluidsHeat Transfer ModelingInverse Heat TransferMultiscale Heat TransferFractional Differential Equations
A local fractional equation is established for fractal heat transfer in silk cocoon hierarchy, and the local fractional variational iteration method is adopted to solve the equation analytically. The result can well explain the intriguing phenomenon for pupa's survival at extremes of weather from negative 40 degrees to 50 degrees.
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Advanced Local Fractional Calculus and Its Applications
Xiao‐Jun Yang · 2012 · 526 citations