BDA 40303

BDA 40303 FINITE ELEMENT METHOD WEEK 10

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Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

LABORATORY SESSIONS By Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

EXERCISE 1: ONE DIMENSIONAL HEAT TRANSFER FIN PROBLEM

Aluminum fins of a rectangular profile are used to remove heat from a surface whose temp. is 100 C. The temp. of ambient air is 20C. The thermal conductivity of the aluminum is 168W/mC. The natural convective heat transfer coefficient associated with the surrounding air is 30W/mC. The fins are 80mmlong, 5mm wide, and 1mm thick. Determine the temperature distribution along the fin using 4 elements.
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Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

EXERCISE 1:
TIPS FOR SOLUTION
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Type of Analysis - 2D, Thermal > Steady State

Model>Global Properties - enable Element field values

Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

Model> Materials> Geometric - Choose Rectangular Bar

Materials> Thermal Isotropic, enter thermal conductivity

Create Nodes
Create Elements Line2-Fin Constraints > Add/Edit, set temperature to 100 at node 1. Loads > Convection Add to selected faces Insert ambient temperature and heat transfer coefficient

EXERCISE 2: COMPOSITE WALL

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Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

A wall of industrial oven consists of three different material. The first layer is composed of 5 cm of insulating cement with a thermal conductivity of 0.08W/mC. The second layer is made from 15 cm of 6-ply asbestos board with a thermal conductivity of 0.074W/mC. The exterior consists of 10 cm common brick with a thermal conductivity of 0.72W/mC. The inside wall temperature of the oven is 200 C and the outside air is 30C with a convection coefficient of 40W/m C. Determine the temperature distribution along the composite wall.

EXERCISE 2:
TIPS FOR SOLUTION
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Type of Analysis - 2D, Thermal > Steady State

Model>Global Properties - enable Element field values

Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

Model> Materials> Geometric - Choose Rectangular Bar

Materials> Thermal Isotropic, enter thermal conductivity

Create Nodes
Create Elements Line2-Fin Constraints > Add/Edit, set temperature to 200 at node 1. Loads > Convection Add to selected faces Insert ambient temperature and heat transfer coefficient

EXERCISE 3: 2-D HEAT TRANSFER

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Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

A square industrial chimney constructed from concrete with a thermal conductivity value of k = 1.4 W/m C. The inside structure temperature of the chimney is constant at 100C. The exterior surface is exposed to the surrounding air at 30C with a corresponding natural convection h = 20 W/m 2C. Determine the temperature distribution of 1/8 model of the cross sectional chimney. You have to use node and element numbers as suggested in the above figure.

EXERCISE 3:
TIPS FOR SOLUTION
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Type of Analysis - 2D, Thermal > Steady State

Model>Global Properties - enable Element field values

Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

Model> Materials> Geometric - Choose None

Materials> Thermal Isotropic, enter thermal conductivity

Create Nodes there are 9 nodes

Create Elements quad4 and tri3 Constraints > Add/Edit, set temperature to 100 at node 1&2. Loads > Convection Add to selected faces Insert ambient temperature and heat transfer coefficient

EXERCISE 4: UNSTEADY/TRANSIENT
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A plate is of cross-section thickness L = 0.1m has an initial temp of T0 = 250C, when it is suddenly immersed into an oil bath of temperature Ta = 50C with heat transfer coefficient of h = 80W/m2C. The plate material properties are thermal conductivity k = 204W/mC, density = 2707 kg/m 3 and specific heat Cp = 896 J/kg C. It is required to determine the time taken for the slab to cool to a temperature of 200C. Try check with different plate thickness

Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

EXERCISE 4:
TIPS FOR SOLUTION
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Type of Analysis - 2D, Thermal > Transient

Model>Global Properties No of Time steps 500, time step 1

Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

Model>Global Properties - enable Element field values

Model> Materials> Geometric - Choose None

Materials> Mechanical Isotropic, enter density

Materials> Thermal Isotropic, enter thermal conductivity and specific heat Create Nodes thickness is 0.1 and height 0.2 Create Elements quad4 Element> Refine Custom R=4, S=8, insert tolerance Constraints > Add/Edit, all nodes set temperature to 250 at initial time step 0 Loads > Convection Add to selected faces Insert ambient temperature and heat transfer coefficient

TASK 5: ALUMINUM FINS

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Dr. Izzuddin Zaman

As a research engineer in a company you are requested to investigate two types of aluminum fins that will be implemented to remove heat from a surface whose temperature is 150C. The temperature of surrounding air is 25 C. The natural heat transfer coefficient associated with the surrounding air is 30W/m2C. The thermal conductivity of aluminum is 168W/mC. Determine which one of the fin that you would suggest. Your report should be concise, attractive and very convincing.

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