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The Heat Diffusion Equation (x,y,z)

Cylindrical Coordinates ( )

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Radial Circumferential Axial

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 Spherical Coordinates (

Radial Polar Azimuthal

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Radial Polar Azimuthal

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Sample Problem
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Determine the rate of heat transfer entering the wall (x = 0) and leaving the wall (x = 1 m).

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 Determine the rate of change of energy storage in the wall.

Determine the time rate of temperature change at x = 0, 0.25, and 0.5 m.

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Boundary and Initial Conditions
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To determine the temperature distribution in a medium, it is necessary to

solve the appropriate form of the heat equation.
However, such a solution depends on the physical conditions existing at
the boundaries of the medium and, if the situation is time dependent, on
conditions existing in the medium at some initial time.
Because the heat equation is second order in the spatial coordinates,
two boundary conditions must be expressed for each coordinate needed to
describe the system.
Because the equation is first order in time, however, only one condition,
termed the initial condition, must be specified.

Three kinds of boundary conditions typically encountered in heat transfer

problems are summarized in the table below

1st kind- DIRICHLET CONDITION

2nd kind- NEUMANN CONDITION

3rd kind

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Sample Problem

Assumptions:

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How will the temperature vary with time @ x = 0 and x = L?

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