A thin plate is initially at a uniform temperature of 200C. At a certain time t =
Question:
A thin plate is initially at a uniform temperature of 200°C. At a certain time t = 0 the temperature of the east side of the plate is suddenly reduced to 0°C. The other surface is insulated. Use the explicit finite volume method in conjunction with a suitable time step size to calculate the transient temperature distribution of the slab and compare it with the analytical solution at the time (i) t = 40 s, (ii) t = 80 s, and (iii) t = 120 s. Recalculate the numerical solution using a time step size equal to the limit given by (8.13) for t = 40 s and compare the results with the analytical solution. The data are: plate thickness L = 2 cm, thermal conductivity k = 10 W/m.K and ρc = 10 × 106 J/m3 .K
Solve the problem using the Crank-Nicolson scheme (θ = 1/2). - Write the discretized equations for the interior nodes.
Modify the Eq. 8.9
and obtain the discretized equations for the boundary nodes
- Substitute the values and recast them in a matrix form (only for the 1 st time step)
- Obtain a solution at a time of 10 s with a time step of 2 s.