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Temperature solutions based on these loadings were readily obtained in rectangular coordinates. In cylindrical and spherical coordinates, they were developed by expanding the bremsstrahlung heat generation term, which consisted of a finite series of decaying exponentials, into a MacLaurin series and utilizing the principle of superposition after generating an infinite series of functions. A sequential calculation scheme was employed in lieu of traditional matrix methods in determining temperature distributions in composite walls.","The model and corresponding solution methods were applied in analyzing three fusion reactor designs recently proposed. Significant gains in accuracy were indicated over thermal analysis methods previously used.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-15T21:41:24Z (GMT). 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