conduction

CONDUCTION THROUGH A FLAT SLAB OR WALL

𝒌

𝑞 𝑑𝑇
= −𝑘
𝐴 𝑑𝑥

𝒒 𝑻𝟐 − 𝑻𝟏 𝑻𝟏 − 𝑻𝟐
= −𝒌 =𝒌
𝑨 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝟏 ∆𝒙
SAMPLE PROBLEM 1
CONDUCTION THROUGH PLAIN WALLS IN SERIES

𝑞𝐴 , 𝑞𝐵 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞𝐶 𝑞
𝑞 = 𝑞𝐴 = 𝑞𝐵 = 𝑞𝐶
𝑘𝐴 𝐴𝐴 𝑘𝐵 𝐴𝐵 𝑘𝐶 𝐴𝐶
𝑞= 𝑇 − 𝑇2 = 𝑇 − 𝑇3 = (𝑇 − 𝑇4 )
∆𝑥𝐴 1 ∆𝑥𝐵 2 ∆𝑥𝐶 3
𝑇1 − 𝑇2 , 𝑇2 − 𝑇3 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇3 − 𝑇4
CONDUCTION THROUGH PLAIN WALLS IN SERIES
𝑻𝟏 − 𝑻𝟒 𝑻𝟏 − 𝑻𝟒
𝒒= =
∆𝒙𝑨 ∆𝒙𝑩 ∆𝒙𝑪 𝑹𝑨 + 𝑹𝑩 + 𝑹𝑪
+ +
𝒌𝑨 𝑨𝑨 𝒌𝑩 𝑨𝑩 𝒌𝑪 𝑨𝑪
∆𝑥
𝑅=
𝑘𝐴
∆𝑻 ∆𝑻𝑨 ∆𝑻𝑩 ∆𝑻𝑪
= = =
𝑹 𝑹𝑨 𝑹𝑩 𝑹𝒄
SAMPLE PROBLEM 2
SAMPLE PROBLEM 3
CONDUCTION THROUGH HOLLOW CYLINDER
𝑟1
𝑇1 𝑟2 𝑇2
𝐿 𝑑𝑟 𝑑𝑥
𝑞 𝑑𝑇
= −𝑘
𝐴 𝑑𝑟

𝐴 = 2𝜋𝑟𝐿
𝑞 𝑑𝑇
= −𝑘
2𝜋𝑟𝐿 𝑑𝑟
SAMPLE PROBLEM 4