2D Transient Conduction Calculator

Using Matlab
Greg Teichert Kyle Halgren

Assumptions
Use

Finite Difference Equations shown in table 5.2 2D transient conduction with heat transfer in all directions (i.e. no internal corners as shown in the second condition in table 5.2) Uniform temperature gradient in object Only rectangular geometry will be analyzed

Program Inputs

The calculator asks for

Length of sides (a, b) (m) Outside Temperatures (T_inf 1-T_inf 4) (K) Temperature of object (T_0) (K) Thermal Convection Coefficient (h1-h4) (W/m^2*K) Thermal Conduction Coefficient (k) (W/m*K) Density () (kg/m^3) Specific Heat (Cp) (J/kg*K) Desired Time Interval (t) (s)

Transient Conduction
Example

problem

suppose we have an object with rectangular crosssection with these boundary conditions:
T_inf 2, h2

Origin

T_inf 1, h1

T_inf 3, h3

b T_inf 4, h4

Conditions
%Userdefined h values h(1) = 10; h(2) = .1; h(3) = 10; h(4) = .1; %Boundary conditions %Userdefined T infinity values in kelvin T_inf(1) = 293; T_inf(2) = 293; T_inf(3) = 353; T_inf(4) = 353; %Initial condition (assume uniform initial temperature) %Userdefined initial temperature value T_0 = 573;

%Material properties %Userdefined material values k = .08; rho = 7480; c_p = .460;
%Userdefined physical variables a = 1; %height of cross section b = 1.3; %width of cross section t = 3600; %time at which results are given

Time Step (t)

We

b) Using each of the conditions (except the second) in the table 5.2, we calculate the t and choose the smallest value Using that t we calculate Fo Our outputs for delta_x, delta_t, Fo respectively

assumed a value of x = y = gcd(a,

0.0500, 3.7078, 0.0345

Method
Using

the Finite Difference Method, matlab generates a matrix of temperature values that are represented in the graph shown on the next slide This method allows for the calculation of every node in any 2D direction

Results
Transient conduction (the origin of the plot is the top left corner of the cross section) Transient conduction (the origin of the plot is the top left corner of the cross section) 550 550 500 500 450 400 350 300 250 1.5 0 250 0 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 b (m) 1.2 1.4 1 a (m) b (m) 1 0.5 0 1 0.8 a (m) 0.6 0.4 0.2 0

Temperature (K)

450

400

350

300

Temperature (K)

Solution to different Problem

%Userdefined h values h(1) = 0; h(2) = 1000; h(3) = 1000; h(4) = 100; %Boundary conditions %Userdefined T infinity values in kelvin T_inf(1) = 273; T_inf(2) = 150; T_inf(3) = 590; T_inf(4) = 273; %Initial condition (assume uniform initial temperature) %Userdefined initial temperature value T_0 = 250; %Material properties %Userdefined material values k = .8; rho = 1000; c_p = .460; %Userdefined physical variables a = 1; %height of cross section b = 1.3; %width of cross section t = 20; %time at which results are given
Transient conduction (the origin of the plot is the top left corner of the cross section)

600 500

Temperature (K)

400 300 200 100 1.5 1 0.5 b (m) 0 0.2 0 a (m) 0.6 0.4 1 0.8

Conclusion and Recommendations

Works

only in rectangular geometry High values of h and t>1 causes errors to occur due to lack of memory Use a better method to find x and t

Appendix-References
Incropera,

Frank P. DeWitt, DaviD P. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer Fifth Edition, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc

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