Transient Conduction

Problems of Chapter 5
Review of important Equations of Lumped
Capacitance Method
• To find temperature for any given time

• Above equation in terms of Thermal Time constant

• Thermal Time Constant

• To find time for the to reach any given temperature

Review of important Equations of Lumped
Capacitance Method
• Total energy transfer for any given time

• Validity of Lumped Capacitance method

• To find temperature for any given time, equ in terms of Biot number
and Fourier number
 Characteristic Length (Lc) for plane wall

• For example for Plane Wall of thickness 2L

Awall
∀ 𝐴𝑠 ∗2𝐿
• Then 𝐿𝑐 = = =L
𝐴𝑠 2𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙
2L

-L L
For example: A wall of 20mm thickness and surface are of 2m2
What is the characteristic length?

∀ 𝟐 ∗ 𝟐𝟎
𝑳𝒄 = = = 𝟏𝟎𝒎𝒎
𝑨𝒔 𝟐∗𝟐
Characteristic Length (Lc) for cylinder and
sphere
To Prove our assumption was right
Assignment 4- Question 1
Assignment 4- Question 2
Assignment 4- Question 3
Assignment 4- Question 4
Assignment 4- Question 5
Assignment 4- Question 6