APPLIED ENERGY, vol.80, no.4, pp.341-347, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
The local temperature-distribution influences the amount of heat moving into or out of a body. In order to get the benefits of a multilayered structure when a constant temperature is required on one side of a metal plate with the other side heated irregularly, a variation between the thicknesses of the layered structure is needed. In the case of kitchenware products, where one side of the saucepan is heated irregularly, however, a constant temperature distribution is required on the other side.