Analysing steady-state heat conduction problems in anisotropic thermal media

This paper presents a numerical method to evaluate the steady-state heat conduction in anisotropic media by using the concept of equivalence principle. A volume integral equation formulation is established for inhomogeneous anisotropic thermal media. This formulation enables that this kind of thermal problems can be solved with the code used in solving electromagnetic scattering problems in anisotropic dielectrics.