CAE LAB REPORT II

MOHAMMAD SALIMUDDIN
ME08B016
31/08/2010

AIM: To determine the temperature distribution plot and heat transfer rate, using FLUENT for a
given geometry with two different cases: a). Short fin b). Long fin

Case I - Short Fin:

 The meshed 2D geometry is imported into FLUENT and input conditions are fed, which
are:

 Mesh: L=200 mm , b= 50 mm

Fin
1. Models:

Model Settings
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Space 2D
Time Steady
Viscous Laminar
Heat Transfer Enabled

2. Material Properties:

Material: air (fluid)

Property Units Method Value(s)
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Density kg/m3 boussinesq 1
Cp (Specific Heat) j/kg-k constant 1006.43
Thermal Conductivity w/m-k constant 0.0242
Viscosity kg/m-s constant 9.9999997e-06
Molecular Weight kg/kgmol constant 28.966
Thermal Exp. Coeff. 1/k constant 0.0024999999

Material: aluminum (solid)

Property Units Method Value(s)

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Density kg/m3 constant 2719

Cp (Specific Heat) j/kg-k constant 871

Thermal Conductivity w/m-k constant 202.4

 Cell zone Settings:

 Operating temperature is 300K and this is the fluid ambient temp.
 Boundary Conditions Settings:
 Fin base temp. is 500K, rest of the settings are kept at default
 Solution Settings:
 Solution method – PISO/SIMPLEC
 Solution Controls: Under relaxation factors are assigned for pressure, density, body
forces, momentum and energy. It should be some value less than or equal to unity.
 Initialized Solution
 Run the calculation
  Contours and Plots:
1. Pressure:

2. Temperature:
3. Velocity Contours:

i). X-component:
ii). Y-component:

iii). Velocity Vector:

4. Temperature distribution plot:

 Results:
 Surface area (new wall) : 0.021000002 m2
 Heat Flow rate: 32.993713 W
 Fin Temperature (Volume Average) : 499.3858 K
Case II – Long fin:
 The meshed 2D geometry is imported into FLUENT and input conditions are fed, which
are:

 Mesh:

 Models:

Model Settings
-------------------------------------
Space 2D
Time Steady
Viscous Laminar
Heat Transfer Enabled

 Material Properties: Same as that for short fin case

 Cell zone settings: Same as that for short fin case
 Boundary conditions settings : Same as that for short fin case
 Solution settings:
 Again, idea is to play with the under-relaxation factors and take what is suitable
 Finally, run the solution
3. Contours and Plots:

1. Pressure:

2. Temperature:
3. Velocity Contours:

i). X-Component:

ii). Y-Component:
 iii). Velocity vector:

4. Temperature distribution plot:

 Results:
 Surface area (new wall) : 0.021000002 m2
 Heat Flow rate: 148.5107 W
 Fin Temperature (Volume Average) : 475.18008 K

 Iteration1:
 Keeping all other input conditions same except Viscous option changed from
Laminar to Standard k-epsilon turbulence model , when the long fin problem
was solved, I got the following results:
 Heat Flow rate: 1150.1173 W
 Fin Temperature (Volume Average) : 363.98773 K
 Temp. Distribution Plot :