ONE-DIMENSIONAL STEADY STATE DIFFUSION

Name: Upadhyay Gaurav Reg.No. 08MAE045

Problem No. 1 Date: 13/01/2009

PROBLEM 1:- ONE-DIMENSIONAL STEADY STATE DIFFUSION

AIM :- Calculate the steady state temperature distribution in the rod and to compare
numerical results with analytical(exact) results.

GOVERNING EQUATIONS:-
0.5m

Thermal conductivity =1000 W/mK

Cross-sectional area(A) = 10e-3 m2
Ta=1000C A Tb=500C


    . u   .     S
t d  dT 
k 0

t
   
C pT  . C p uT  . kT   ST dx  dx 

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS :-

Edge Type of Boundary Boundary Condition

Left Wall Temperature (k) 1000
Top Wall Insulator
Right Wall Temperature (k) 500
Bottom Wall Insulator

EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS:-

Analytical Error
Distance Fluent Result Result Percentage
0 982.143 1000 -1.7857
0.714286 928.571 928.5714 -4.30769E-05
1.42857 857.143 857.143 0
2.14286 785.714 785.714 1.44692E-14
2.85714 714.286 714.286 -1.59162E-14
3.57143 642.857 642.857 0
4.28571 571.429 571.429 -1.98952E-14
5 517.857 500 3.5714

Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory – M.Tech Automotive Engineering, 2008-09

 ONE-DIMENSIONAL STEADY STATE DIFFUSION

Name: Upadhyay Gaurav Reg.No. 08MAE045

Problem No. 1 Date: 13/01/2009

GRAPH:-

Temp Vs Distance

Fluent Analytical

1200
1000
800
Temp

600
400
200
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Distance

CONTOUR:-

Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory – M.Tech Automotive Engineering, 2008-09

 ONE-DIMENSIONAL STEADY STATE DIFFUSION

Name: Upadhyay Gaurav Reg.No. 08MAE045

Problem No. 1 Date: 13/01/2009

INFERENCE:-

The analytical and fluent results having maximum error percentage of 3.5714.

Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory – M.Tech Automotive Engineering, 2008-09