Question: A spherical shell having inner radius and outer radius , azimuth span and elevation angle has no internal energy generation and a constant thermal conductivity.

A spherical shell having inner radius and outer radius , azimuth span and
elevation angle has no internal energy generation and a constant thermal
conductivity.
A) Derive an expression for the steady state temperature distribution of the
shell beginning from the generalized heat equation. Comment on the
behavior of the temperature distribution and show a plot of the result.
B) Determine the heat flux distribution. Again, comment on the result and
plot it. What is the source of the variation?
C) Determine the heat flow distribution and determine an expression for
the thermal resistance. Show your formulation collapses to the typical
definition for a spherical shell that has full span in both azimuth and
elevation angle (i.e., a full sphere rather than a sector).

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