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Problem4 02

This document describes a problem involving heat transfer through a two-dimensional rectangular plate with prescribed uniform temperature boundary conditions. It provides the exact solution for calculating the temperature at the midpoint by considering the first five non-zero terms in the series solution. The error from using only the first three terms is assessed. Plots of the temperature distributions T(x,0.5) and T(1,y) are also required.

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Problem4 02

This document describes a problem involving heat transfer through a two-dimensional rectangular plate with prescribed uniform temperature boundary conditions. It provides the exact solution for calculating the temperature at the midpoint by considering the first five non-zero terms in the series solution. The error from using only the first three terms is assessed. Plots of the temperature distributions T(x,0.5) and T(1,y) are also required.

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PROBLEM 4.

KNOWN: Two-dimensional rectangular plate subjected to prescribed uniform temperature boundary


conditions.
FIND: Temperature at the mid-point using the exact solution considering the first five non-zero terms;
assess error resulting from using only first three terms. Plot the temperature distributions T(x,0.5) and
T(1,y).
SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) Two-dimensional, steady-state conduction, (2) Constant properties.


ANALYSIS: From Section 4.2, the temperature distribution is
n +1
T − T1 2 θ ( −1) + 1 ⎛ nπ x ⎞ sinh ( nπ y L )
θ ( x, y ) ≡ =
T2 − T1 π
∑ n
sin ⎜
⎝
⎟⋅
L ⎠ sinh ( nπ W L )
. (1,4.19)
n =1
Considering now the point (x,y) = (1.0,0.5) and recognizing x/L = 1/2, y/L = 1/4 and W/L = 1/2,
n +1
T − T1 2 θ ( −1) + 1 ⎛ nπ ⎞ sinh ( nπ 4 )
θ (1, 0.5 ) ≡
T2 − T1 π
= ∑ n
sin ⎜
⎝
⎟⋅
2 ⎠ sinh ( nπ 2 )
.
n =1
When n is even (2, 4, 6 ...), the corresponding term is zero; hence we need only consider n = 1, 3, 5, 7 and
9 as the first five non-zero terms.
2 ⎧⎪ ⎛ π ⎞ sinh (π 4 ) 2 ⎛ 3π ⎞ sinh ( 3π 4 )
θ (1, 0.5 ) = ⎨ 2sin ⎜ ⎟ + sin ⎜ ⎟ +
π ⎪⎩ ⎝ 2 ⎠ sinh (π 2 ) 3 ⎝ 2 ⎠ sinh ( 3π 2 )
2 ⎛ 5π ⎞ sinh ( 5π 4 ) 2 ⎛ 7π ⎞ sinh ( 7π 4 ) 2 ⎛ 9π ⎞ sinh ( 9π 4 ) ⎫⎪
sin ⎜ ⎟ + sin ⎜ ⎟ + sin ⎜ ⎟ ⎬
5 ⎝ 2 ⎠ sinh ( 5π 2 ) 7 ⎝ 2 ⎠ sinh ( 7π 2 ) 9 ⎝ 2 ⎠ sinh ( 9π 2 ) ⎪⎭
2
θ (1, 0.5 ) = [0.755 − 0.063 + 0.008 − 0.001 + 0.000] = 0.445 (2)
π
T (1, 0.5 ) = θ (1, 0.5 )( T2 − T1 ) + T1 = 0.445 (150 − 50 ) + 50 = 94.5D C . <
If only the first three terms of the series, Eq. (2), are considered, the result will be θ(1,0.5) = 0.46; that is,
there is less than a 0.2% effect.
Using Eq. (1), and writing out the first five
terms of the series, expressions for θ(x,0.5) or 150
T(x,0.5) or T(1,y), C

T(x,0.5) and θ(1,y) or T(1,y) were keyboarded 130


into the IHT workspace and evaluated for 110
sweeps over the x or y variable. Note that for 90
T(1,y), that as y → 1, the upper boundary, 70

T(1,1) is greater than 150°C. Upon examination 50


0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
of the magnitudes of terms, it becomes evident
that more than 5 terms are required to provide an x or y coordinate (m)

accurate solution. T(1,y)


T(x,0.5)

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