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Δt = T is taken the same as the isothermal surface temperature for semi-infinite media

The table summarizes conduction shape factors from references 6 and 7. It lists various physical systems with their corresponding shape factors and any restrictions. The shape factors relate the temperature difference between an object and its surroundings to the heat flux. Systems include buried cylinders, spheres, cubes, plates, and combinations of objects. Restrictions specify conditions like object sizes and distances that must be met for the given shape factor to apply.

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Δt = T is taken the same as the isothermal surface temperature for semi-infinite media

The table summarizes conduction shape factors from references 6 and 7. It lists various physical systems with their corresponding shape factors and any restrictions. The shape factors relate the temperature difference between an object and its surroundings to the heat flux. Systems include buried cylinders, spheres, cubes, plates, and combinations of objects. Restrictions specify conditions like object sizes and distances that must be met for the given shape factor to apply.

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78 3-4 The Conduction Shape Factor

Table 3-1 Conduction shape factors, summarized from references 6 and 7.


Note: For buried objects the temperature difference is T=T
object
T
far eld
. The far-eld temperature
is taken the same as the isothermal surface temperature for semi-innite media.
Physical system Schematic Shape factor Restrictions
Isothermal cylinder of radius r
buried in semi-innite
medium having isothermal
surface
D
r
L
Isothermal
2L
cosh
1
(D/r )
2L
ln(D/r )
L r
L r
D>3r
Isothermal sphere of radius
r buried in innite medium
r
4r
Isothermal sphere of radius r
buried in semi-innite
medium having isothermal
surface T =T
surf
T
far eld
D
r
Isothermal 4r
1r /2D
Conduction between two
isothermal cylinders of
length L buried in innite
medium
D
r
1 r
2
2L
cosh
1
_
D
2
r
2
1
r
2
2
2r
1
r
2
_
L r
L D
Row of horizontal cylinders
of length L in semi-innite
medium with isothermal
surface
Isothermal
D
r
l
S =
2L
ln
__
l
r
_
sinh(2D/l )
_
D >2r
Buried cube in innite
medium, L on a side
L
8.24L
CHAPTER 3 Steady-State ConductionMultiple Dimensions 79
Table 3-1 (Continued).
Physical system Schematic Shape factor Restrictions
Isothermal cylinder
of radius r placed in
semi-innite medium
as shown
2r
L
Isothermal
2L
ln(2L/r )
L 2r
Isothermal rectangular
parallelepiped buried
in semi-innite medium
having isothermal surface
b
c
a
L
Isothermal
1.685L
_
log
_
1+
b
a
__
0.59
_
b
c
_
0.078
See Reference 7
Plane wall
L
A
A
L
One-dimensional heat ow
Hollow cylinder, length L
+
r
i
r
o
2L
ln(r
o
/r
i
)
L r
Hollow sphere
+
r
i
r
o
4r
o
r
i
r
o
r
i
Thin horizontal disk buried
in semi-innite medium
with isothermal surface
Isothermal
2r
D
4r
8r
4r
/2tan
1
(r /2D)
D =0
D 2r
D/2r >1
tan
1
(r /2D) in radians
Hemisphere buried in
semi-innite medium
T = T
sphere
T
far eld
+
r
Isothermal 2r
Isothermal sphere buried in
semi-innite medium with
insulated surface
+
r
D
T

Insulated 4r
1+r /2D
Two isothermal spheres
buried in innite medium
+ +
r
1 r
2
D
4r
2
r
2
r
1
_
1
(r
1
/D)
4
1(r
2
/D)
2
_

2r
2
D
D >5r
max
80 3-4 The Conduction Shape Factor
Table 3-1 (Continued).
Physical system Schematic Shape factor Restrictions
Thin rectangular plate of
length L, buried in semi-
innite medium having
isothermal surface
D
W
Isothermal
L
W
ln(4W/L)
2W
ln(4W/L)
2W
ln(2D/L)
D =0
W > L
D W
W > L
W L
D >2W
Parallel disks buried in
innite medium
D
t
1
t
2
r
4r
_

2
tan
1
(r /D)
_
D >5r
tan
1
(r /D)
in radians
Eccentric cylinders of length L
D
r
1
r
2
+ +
2L
cosh
1
_
r
2
1
+r
2
2
D
2
2r
1
r
2
_
L r
2
Cylinder centered in a square
of length L
W
+ W
r
L
2L
ln(0.54W/r )
L W
Horizontal cylinder of length L
centered in innite plate
D
Isothermal
Isothermal
+
r
D
2L
ln(4D/r )
Thin horizontal disk buried
in semi-innite medium with
adiabatic surface
T = T
disk
T
far eld
D
Insulated
2r
4r
/2+ tan
1
(r /2D)
D/2r >1
tan
1
(r /2D)
in radians

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