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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Mathematical Problems in Engineering Volume 2008, Article ID 635231, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2008/635231 Research Article Comparative Analysis of Power-Law Fin-Type Problems Using Variational Iteration Method and Finite Element Method Mehmet Tarık Atay1 and Safa Bozkurt Cos¸kun2 1 Department of Mathematics, Nigde University, 51245 Nigde, Turkey 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Nigde University, 51245 Nigde, Turkey Correspondence should be addressed to Mehmet Tarık Atay, ataymt@.tr Received 22 September 2007; Revised 28 April 2008; Accepted 12 June 2008 Recommended by Angelo Luongo Variational iteration method is applied to examine the temperature distribution within a single fin with a one-dimensional steady-state nonlinear heat conduction equation. Variation of temperature due to different levels of nonlinearities is analyzed. The results obtained by means of variational iteration method are compared with the results obtained from finite element method. A fourth iteration variational iteration solution is used in all cases considered. An error analysis is also conducted to evaluate the performance of proposed solution technique. The results have shown that variational iteration method is a powerful solution technique in the analysis of power-law fin- type problems. Copyright q 2008 M. T. Atay and S. B. Cos¸kun. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1. Introduction Heat conduction problems for the fins and finned surfaces with a non-uniform heat transfer coefficient along the fin have been studied extensively 1. Heat transfer coefficient depends on the local temperature difference be