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This problem finds the heat rate from the lower surface of a two-dimensional rectangular plate with a known temperature distribution. The heat rate expression involves an infinite series with terms involving sinh and cosine functions. Evaluating the first five non-zero terms of the series gives a heat rate of approximately 5.611 kW/m. While a similar approach could be used to find the heat rate into the upper surface, that series does not converge due to the discontinuous temperature imposed at the upper corners.

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This problem finds the heat rate from the lower surface of a two-dimensional rectangular plate with a known temperature distribution. The heat rate expression involves an infinite series with terms involving sinh and cosine functions. Evaluating the first five non-zero terms of the series gives a heat rate of approximately 5.611 kW/m. While a similar approach could be used to find the heat rate into the upper surface, that series does not converge due to the discontinuous temperature imposed at the upper corners.

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PROBLEM 4.

3

KNOWN: Temperature distribution in the two-dimensional rectangular plate of Problem 4.2.

FIND: Expression for the heat rate per unit thickness from the lower surface (0 x 2, 0) and result
based on first five non-zero terms of the infinite series.

SCHEMATIC:

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

ANALYSIS: The heat rate per unit thickness from the plate along the lower surface is

( ) ( )
x 2 x 2 x 2
out y 2 1
y 0
x 0 x 0 x 0
y 0
T
q dq x,0 k dx k T T dx
y y


= = =
=
= = =
=
= = =

(1)

where from the solution to Problem 4.2,


( ) ( )
( )
n 1
1
2 1
n 1
1 1 sinh n y L
T T 2 n x
sin
T T n L sinh n W L

=
+

=

. (2)

Evaluate the gradient of from Eq. (2) and substitute into Eq. (1) to obtain

( )
( ) ( ) ( )
( )
n 1 x 2
out 2 1
n 1 y 0 x 0
1 1 n L cosh n y L
2 n x
q k T T sin dx
n L sinh n W L


+ =

= = =
+

=



( )
( )
( )
n 1 2
out 2 1
x 0
n 1
1 1
2 1 n x
q k T T cos
n sinh n W L L

=
=

+


=




( )
( )
( )
( )
n 1
out 2 1
n 1
1 1
2 1
q k T T 1 cos n
n sinh n L


+

=
+
=

<

To evaluate the first five, non-zero terms, recognize that since cos(n) =1 for n =2, 4, 6 ..., only the n-
odd terms will be non-zero. Hence,

Continued

PROBLEM 4.3 (Cont.)

( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
2 4
out
1 1 1 1
2 1 1
q 50W m K 150 50 C 2 2
1 sinh 2 3 sinh 3 2

+ +

= +

o



( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
6 8 10
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2
5 sinh 5 2 7 sinh 7 2 9 sinh 9 2
+ + +
+ + +



[ ]
out
q 3.183kW m1.738 0.024 0.00062 (...) 5.611kW m = + + + = <


COMMENTS: If the foregoing procedure were used to evaluate the heat rate into the upper surface,
( )
x 2
in y
x 0
q dq x,W
=
=

=

, it would follow that

( )
( )
( ) ( )
n 1
in 2 1
n 1
1 1
2
q k T T coth n 2 1 cos n
n

=
+
=



However, with coth(n/2) 1, irrespective of the value of n, and with ( )
n 1
n 1
1 1 n

+
=
+


being a
divergent series, the complete series does not converge and
in
q . This physically untenable
condition results from the temperature discontinuities imposed at the upper left and right corners.

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