Heat transfer between two fluids through a sandwiched solid (coupled problem)

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Two fluids ($t_h,t_c$) flow opposite to each other on either side of a solid ($T$), while exchanging heat among themselves. In such a scenario, the conduction in the solid is governed by:

$$x\in[0,1], y\in[0,1]$$

$$\kappa \frac{\mathrm{d}^2 T}{\mathrm{d} x^2} + \mu b_h(t_h-T) - \nu b_c(T-t_c)=0 \tag1$$

with boundary condition as $T'(0)=T'(1)=0$.

The fluids are governed by the following equations:

$$\frac{\mathrm{d} t_h}{\mathrm{d} x}+b_h(t_h-T)=0\tag2$$ $$\frac{\mathrm{d} t_c}{\mathrm{d} x}+b_c(T-t_c)=0\tag3$$

The hot fluid initiates at $x=0$ and the cold fluid starts from $x=1$. The boundary conditions are $t_h(x=0)=1$ and $t_c(x=1)=0$.

Equation $(1),(2)$ and $(3)$ form a coupled system of ordinary differential equations.

It is pretty evident that using $(2)$ and $(3)$, Equation $(1)$ can be re-written as:

$$\kappa \frac{\mathrm{d}^2 T}{\mathrm{d} x^2} - \mu \frac{\mathrm{d} t_h}{\mathrm{d} x} + \nu \frac{\mathrm{d} t_c}{\mathrm{d} x}=0 \tag4$$ However, I have not been able to proceed further.

Some parameter values are $b_c=12.38, b_h=25.32, \mu=1.143, \nu=1, \kappa=2.16$.

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Calling $T_1 = T$ and $T_2=T'_1$ we have

$$ \left( \begin{array}{c} T'_1\\ T'_2\\ t'_h\\ t'_c \end{array} \right) = \left( \begin{array}{cccc} 0 & 1 & 0 & 0\\ \frac{\mu b_h}{\kappa}+\frac{\nu b_c}{\kappa} & 0 & -\frac{\mu b_h}{\kappa} & -\frac{\nu b_c}{\kappa}\\ b_h & 0 & -b_h & 0\\ -b_c & 0 & 0 & b_c \end{array} \right) \left( \begin{array}{c} T_1\\ T_2\\ t_h\\ t_c \end{array} \right) $$