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Steel Rod (Temperature profile in an ideal steel rod)

Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

'C := K

(Centigrade temperature difinition)

Area := 40cm 40cm

(Cross-section of rod)

h := 300

2
5 m

:= 1.2 10

(Thermal expansion Coeff.)

sec

(Convection coefficient)

t := 10min

(Time)

(Conduction coefficient)

T := 25'C

(Fluid temperature)

(Mesh length)

y := 0.1m

(Mesh width)

m K
W

k := 42

mK

x := 0.1m

Calculations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bi :=

h x

fo := 0.2

(Just a guess to find the root of the below equation)

1

f( fo) :=

tc :=

Bi = 0.714

(Biot number)

fo

4 4Bi

FO x

FO := root( f( fo) , fo)

FO = 0.146

tc = 122 sec

t := 100 sec

Fo :=

t
x

(Fourier number)

i 0 .. 5
n

p 0 .. n
T

i, 0

400'C

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i := 0 .. 5
n :=

p := 0 .. n

(Node Number)
(Numerator)
T

i, 0

:= 400'C

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n=6
(Initial Temperature)

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T :=

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j0
p0
for j 1 .. n

( 0 , p)
0, p
1, p 3, p
1
1
T
2Fo 2 T
T
T
T
+ Bi ( T
T )
T
1 , p+ 1
1, p
1
,
p
4
,
p
2
,
p
0
,
p
1
,
p
2
2

T
T
4Fo T
T
+ Bi ( T
T )
2 , p+ 1
2, p
2, p
2, p 1, p

0 , p+ 1

0, p

+ 2Fo T

+T

2T

+ Bi T

( 0 , p + 2 T4 , p + T5 , p 4 T3 , p)
T
T
+ Fo ( 2 T
+ 2 T
4 T )
4 , p+ 1
4, p
1, p
3, p
4, p
T
+ Fo ( 4 T
4T )
T
5 , p+ 1
5, p
3, p
5, p

3 , p+ 1

3, p

+ Fo T

j j+1
pp+1
T
Node 1.

:= T

+ 2Fo T

Node 2.

:= T

2Fo 2 T

Node 3.

:= T

4Fo T

Node 4.

:= T

+ Fo T

Node 5.

:= T

+ Fo 2 T

Node 6.

:= T

+ Fo 4 T

0 , p+ 1
1 , p+ 1
2 , p+ 1
3 , p+ 1
4 , p+ 1
5 , p+ 1

0, p
1, p
2, p
3, p
4, p
5, p

0, p

3, p

1, p
4, p

j, i

+T

2, p

5, p

T
+ Bi T
T
1, p
2 0, p

i, j

4T

3, p

4 T

4, p

)
Node

400

336
Temperature = 298
272

253

:= T

0, p

2 2, p

5, p

+ Bi T T

+ Bi T

3, p

4T

+ 2 T

j := 0 .. n 2
Temperature

0, p

4, p

+ 2T

1, p

2T

2, p

(
(

3, p

1, p

+T

1, p

400 400 400 400 400

336 271 400 400 400

290 218 392 385 400 'C

260 186 380 364 396
237 166 365 343 388

Assumption ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The heat transfer is considered in two dimensions which satisfy that the third dimension is unity.
The values of some parameters are assumed to be invariant with changes in temperature, such as
Thermal conductivity, Thermal expansion coefficient, Density of rode, etc.
The heat flow can only transmit through interface of neighboring elements.
There are no heat generation in the considered system.

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Calculations for 1sec.

Nomenclature ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Area

Cross-section of steel rod

Fo

Fourier number

Thermal expansion coefficient

t c

Calculated time difference

Convection Coefficient

Considered time difference

time

Numerator

Thermal Conductivity

Number of intervals

Fluid temperature

Number of time interval

Mesh length

Temperature of node i in time interval j

Mesh width

Number of time interval, Numerator

Bi

Biot number

Temperature

Temperature of node i in time interval j

fo

Fourier number

'C

Temperature unit in degrees centigrade

FO

Fourier number

i, j

i, j

Temperature

Node
1

Time

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T
0

400

350

Temperature (`C)

300

250

200

150

Node 0
Node 1
Node 2
Node 3
Node 4
Node 5

100

50

100

200

300

400

500

600

Time (sec)

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