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This document summarizes the problem of analyzing the transient heat transfer through a plane wall initially at a uniform temperature of 25°C. The wall experiences uniform volumetric heating of 1 × 107 W/m3 and one surface is suddenly exposed to convection at 50°C with a heat transfer coefficient of 1000 W/m2K while the other surface is maintained at the initial temperature. Finite difference methods are used to compute and plot the temperature distributions and heat fluxes over time, showing the initial, intermediate, steady state, and boundary heat flux vs time conditions.

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This document summarizes the problem of analyzing the transient heat transfer through a plane wall initially at a uniform temperature of 25°C. The wall experiences uniform volumetric heating of 1 × 107 W/m3 and one surface is suddenly exposed to convection at 50°C with a heat transfer coefficient of 1000 W/m2K while the other surface is maintained at the initial temperature. Finite difference methods are used to compute and plot the temperature distributions and heat fluxes over time, showing the initial, intermediate, steady state, and boundary heat flux vs time conditions.

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PROBLEM 5.

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KNOWN: Plane wall, initially at a uniform temperature To = 25C, has one surface (x = L) suddenly exposed to a convection process with T = 50C and h = 1000 W/m2K, while the other surface (x = 0) is & maintained at To. Also, the wall suddenly experiences uniform volumetric heating with q = 1 107 3 W/m . See also Problem 2.60. FIND: (a) Using spatial and time increments of x = 4 mm and t = 1s, compute and plot the temperature distributions in the wall for the initial condition, the steady-state condition, and two intermediate times, and (b) On q -t coordinates, plot the heat flux at x = 0 and x = L. At what elapsed x time is there zero heat flux at x = L? SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) One-dimensional, transient conduction and (2) Constant properties. ANALYSIS: (a) Using the IHT Finite-Difference Equations, One-Dimensional, Transient Tool, the temperature distributions were obtained and plotted below.

(b) The heat flux, q (L,t), can be expressed in terms of Newtons law of cooling, x
q ( L, t ) = h T10 T . x
p

From the energy balance on the control volume about node 0 shown above, p & & q ( 0, t ) + E + q = 0 q ( 0, t ) = q ( x 2 ) k T T
x g a

) x

From knowledge of the temperature distribution, the heat fluxes are computed and plotted.
120
100000

Temperature, T(x,t) (C)

100
0

80 60 40 20 0 10 20 Wall coordinate, x (mm) Initial condition, t<=0s Time = 60s Time = 120s Steady-state conditions, t>600s 30 40

Heat flux (W/m^2)

-1E5

-2E5

-3E5 0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Elapsed time, t(s) q''x(0,t) q''x(L,t)

COMMENTS: The steady-state analytical solution has the form of Eq. 3.44 where C1 = 6500 m-1/C

and C2 = 25C. Find q ( 0, ) = 3.25 105 W / m 2 and q ( L ) = +7.5 104 W / m 2 . Comparing with x x the graphical results above, we conclude that steady-state conditions are not reached in 600 s.

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