Solving Heat Equation in Cylindrical Coordinates with MATLAB's pdepe

[Mattw]

hello

i am solving heat equation in cylindrical coordinator. i am using MATLAB "pdepe" solver to solve the partial differential equation. can anyone suggest me how to choose the initial condition?

 

[bigfooted]

Think about a real-world problem that you could approximate with the cylindrical heat equation, like heat coming from a cylindrical wire and heating the air.