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Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. Vol. 23, No. 7 (2000) 477–485 S0161171200002660 ©Hindawi Publishing Corp. COOLING OF A PLATE WITH GENERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS F. D. ZAMAN and R. AL-KHAIRY (Received 3 September 1997 and in revised form 21 October 1998) Abstract. We consider steady state temperature distribution in a homogeneous rectangu- lar infinite plate the lower part of which is cooled by a fluid flowing at a constant velocity while the upper part satisfies the general mixed boundary conditions. The Wiener-Hopf method has been used to obtain the solution in the infinite series form and some special cases have been discussed. Keywords and phrases. Heat equation, cooling of plates, Wiener-Hopf method. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 35K20, 45E10; Secondary 80A20. 1. Introduction. The problem of heat conduction and cooling of plates and rods are important due to their industrial applications. The simplest problem is that of the one-dimensional heat conduction or linear heat flow. Carslaw and Jaeger [4] have dis- cussed different aspects of linear heat flow in plates and rods having homogeneous or composite structure. In such problems, the boundary of the body under consideration is either assumed to be insulated or kept at a constant temperature. Some problems of practical interest however, require imposition of mixed boundary conditions. The classical transform or Fourier series techniques are then no longer applicable. An in- genious method of dealing with such problems is use of the Wiener-Hopf technique. One of the early studies in this regard is by Caflisch and Keller [3] who have studied the problem of steady state heat conduction in a sufficiently hot plate being cooled by water flowing over its upper surface while its lower surface is insulated. The water