Numerical Approximation of a Nonlinear 3D Heat Radiation Problem

Abstract

In this paper, we are concerned with the numerical approximation of a steady-state heat radiation problem with a nonlinear Stefan-Boltzmann boundary condition in $\mathbb{R}^3$. We first derive an equivalent minimization problem and then present a finite element analysis to the solution of such a minimization problem. Moreover, we apply the Newton iterative method for solving the nonlinear equation resulting from the minimization problem. A numerical example is given to illustrate theoretical results.