Solving the temperature distribution field in nonlinear heat conduction problems using the Hopfield neural network

This article employs the continuous-time analog Hopfield neural network (CHNN) to compute the temperature distribution in nonlinear heat conduction problems. The relationship between the CHNN synaptic connection weights and the governing equations of the nonlinear heat conduction problems is established and a corresponding network connectivity circuit design scheme proposed. The CHNN algorithm is used to solve the heat equation for conduction problems with a power- law nonlinearity. The results confirm that the proposed CHNN scheme provides an accurate means of solving the transient temperature distributions of nonlinear heat conduction problems on a real-time basis.