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The study of thermal, mechanical and electrical properties of composite materials plays an increasingly important role in material sciences because of their wide spectrum of applica-
tions, for instance, in industrial processes, biomathematics, medical diagnosis. In this talk, we discuss some models which describe the thermal diffusivity or the electrical
conductivity in a composite medium with a nely mixed periodic structure, assuming that the microstructure of the materials under consideration is made by two different diffusive

In this paper we prove an error estimate for a model of heat conduction in composite materials having a microscopic structure arranged in a periodic array and thermally active membranes separating the heat conductive phases.

This paper presents the laboratory test stand that is used for experimental validation of underground power cable system models. Determination of temperature distribution in the vicinity of the cable is the main goal of the study. The paper considers a system of three power cables, situated in the in-line arrangement, and buried in sand. Three electrical heaters of special construction are used in order to simulate the heat flux that is generated in the power cables during their operation.