Application of a new finite integral transform method to the wave model of conduction

A new finite integral transform method [Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 44 (2001) 3307] is applied to the wave model of conduction. It is compared with a standard method of solution of the hyperbolic conduction equation. The temperature fields coincide. The chosen test problem and its results bring to the foreground some of the difficulties of standard technique applications. These difficulties are by-passed when using the new method.