...Antonio Campo; Jianhong Cui This technical brief addresses an elementary analytic procedure for solving approximately the quasi-1D heat conduction equation (a generalized Airy equation) governing the annular fin of hyperbolic profile. The importance of this fin configuration stems from the fact...

..., a solution can be derived for fins without heat generation. The geometrical configuration of three typical fins, namely, longitudinal fin, pin fin, and annular fin are shown in Fig. 1 . The present analysis is based on the idealization of Murray ( 8 ) and Gardner ( 1 ). Additionally, it is assumed...