Question: Determine the transient temperature distribution in a one - dimensional ( I - D ) solid with a thermal diffusivity - 2 if the initial

Determine the transient temperature distribution in a one-dimensional
(I-D) solid with a thermal diffusivity -2 if the initial temperature in
the solid is 1.0 and if at all subsequent times, the temperature of the
left side is held at 0 while the right side is held at T0=2. The distance
between the two walls is L=1 meter.
The governing differential equation is the 1-D heat equation
delTdelt=del2Tdelx2
a) Using the second order backward difference in time and explicit central difference
in space for the numerical approximation, write the 1-D heat equation.
b) What is the truncation error of the approximation that resulted from a).
c) Write a MATLAB function to perform the calculation of the approximation that
resulted from a)(FTCS).
d) Divide the domain into equidistance (equal distance)5 points and calculate x(235)
e) Assume that the stability condition is tx20.25, calculate t
f) Fill the following table (the green boxes) to solve the 1-D heat equation
g) Comment on the results (is the result accurate or not and why?). and how to improve
it?
Determine the transient temperature distribution

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