Heat Conduction between Parallel Planes

Consider the flow of heat between parallel planes maintained at different temperatures

T0 x T1

x 2T xT !E 2 xx xt
Boundary condition
T ! T0 T ! T0 T ! T1 at t ! 0, x " 0 at x ! 0 at x ! L

The initial condition can use the Laplace transform method

xT L ! sT ( s )  T0 xt x 2T Laplace transform xT !E 2 xx xt
d ET d sT  T0 ! 0 

and

x 2T d 2T ( s ) L 2 ! xx dx 2
x and t are independent variables

d 2T ( s ) sT ( s )  T0 ! E dx 2 second order linear O.D.E. T ! Ae

 s x E

s regards as constant

 Be

s x E

T0  s

Unsteady-state One-dimensional Heat Conduction

xT x 2T !E 2 xt xx
Boundary condition
dx T ! 0 at t ! 0, x " 0 xT Q ! k at x ! 0 xx the heat is supplied at a fixed rate

xT L ! sT (s) xt xT x 2T Laplace transform !E 2 xt xx d E T d sT ! 0 

and

x 2T d 2T ( s ) L 2 ! xx dx 2
x and t are independent variables

d 2T ( s ) sT ( s ) ! E dx 2 T ! Ae


second order linear O.D.E.

s x E s x E

s regards as constant

 Be