University of Tripoli

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department

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ME626 Advance Numerical Analysis

Tutorial 4:
2D Finite Difference Problems
Instructor: Samah Alghoul

 Fall 2021
  Illustration Example

› Consider the 2–D square region illustrated in the fig.

› The objective is to determine the temperature distribution in the rod.
› In the cartesian system, the conduction equation reduces to:
𝜕2 𝑇 𝜕2 𝑇 𝑞ሶ 0
‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬

+ =−
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 2 𝑘

250 ℃
25 ℃

10.0 1.0 𝑐𝑚

25 ℃

3/17/2021 ME 626 ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS 2

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‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬ 33 Mesh: What is contour?

3/17/2021 ME 626 ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS 3

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‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬ 55: Why more nodes are needed?

3/17/2021 ME 626 ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS 4

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‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬ 99 :Do we need more nodes in x or y directions?

3/17/2021 ME 626 ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS 5

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‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬ 1111:Do we need more nodes in x or y directions?

3/17/2021 ME 626 ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS 6

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‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬ 2121:Do we need more nodes in x or y directions?

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‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬ 4141:Do we need more nodes in x or y directions?

3/17/2021 ME 626 ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS 8

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‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬ 101101:Do we need more nodes in x or y directions?

3/17/2021 ME 626 ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS 9

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‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬ Contour plot

3/17/2021 ME 626 ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS 10

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‫ سامح الغول‬.‫د‬ Drawing Grid

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