TY - JOUR
TI - Analysis of non-Fourier thermal behavior for multi-layer skin model
AU - Liu Kuo-Chi
AU - Cheng Po-Jen
AU - Wang Yan-Nan
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2011
VL - 15
IS - 11
SP - 61
EP - 67
PT - Article
AB - This paper studies the effect of micro-structural interaction on bioheat  transfer in skin, which was stratified into epidermis, dermis, and  subcutaneous. A modified non-Fourier equation of bio-heat transfer was  developed based on the second-order Taylor expansion of dual-phase-lag model  and can be simplified as the bio-heat transfer equations derived from Pennes’  model, thermal wave model, and the linearized form of dual-phase-lag model.  It is a fourth order partial differential equation, and the boundary  conditions at the interface between two adjacent layers become complicated.  There are mathematical difficulties in dealing with such a problem. A hybrid  numerical scheme is extended to solve the present problem. The numerical  results are in a good agreement with the contents of open literature. It  evidences the rationality and reliability of the present results.