Lab 7 Worksheet

ES205 Analysis and Design of Engineering Systems Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Method 1 1. Initial condition 2. Steady-state temperature 3. Average time constant from the graph. T0 . T.

Method 2 1. Best estimate of the time constant 2. Your final values for:

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tMin tMax Tinf

Question 1 Using method 2 (log-incomplete response) how did varying Tinf affect the correlation coefficient?

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Method 3

Table 1: Minimizing J by varying . J 5. 6. 7. 8. Table 2: Exploring the effect on J of varying T0 and Tinf.

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Question 2 From the results in Table 2, what effect did varying T0 and have on J ?

Results 1. Time constant from the graph 2. Time constant from log-incomplete response 3. Time constant from model tuning (method 1) 1 (method 2) 2 (method 3) 3

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Question 3 Comment on the differences or similarities among the three values you obtained for the time constant. Refer also to the figure showing the four time responses on the same graph.

Convection coefficient Show the calculation of your range for the convective heat transfer coefficient h.

Question 4 Compare your result to the range of published values.

Finishing up Each team turns in one worksheet with figures attached. Include a copy of your m-file. All team members initial next to your names on the first page.
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