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Figure 6.19 Side view of temperature field within stove top element. The highest temperature occurs in
the center of the element, near the bottom of the heat generating regions. (σ = 1, N xy = 51, N z = 25.)

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Figure 6.20 Top view of heat flux at upper surface. The center of the element is at the lower left.
(Total heat flux out = 0.054, total heat generation rate = 0.063.)