Lecture 12 - Multi-Dimensional Numerical Models.
Lecture 12 - Multi-Dimensional Numerical Models.
CRITERIA FOR THIS SIMPLIFIED MODEL INCLUDE CONSTANT k AND STEADY-STATE WHEN THERE IS NO GENERATION, THIS SIMPLIFIES TO
NODES AT BOUNDARIES
HEAT BALANCES FOR BOUNDARIES ARE MODELED USING PARTIAL SIZE ELEMENTS (REFER TO FIGURE 5-27) ALONG A STRAIGHT SIDE THE HEAT BALANCE IS BASED ON TWO LONG AND TWO SHORT SIDE FACES. THE EQUATION IS
MODELS FOR BOUNDARY NODES ARE DEVELOPED IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO THAT USED FOR TWO DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS. SOLUTIONS FOR THE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION CAN BE EITHER MATRIX OR BY ITERATION NOTE THAT FOR SPREADSHEET ITERATION, THE METHOD USES A SERIES OF TWO DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS ON A SERIES OF LINKED SHEETS
THIS MODEL CAN BE SOLVED USING TWO ITERATIVE METHODS EXPLICIT - WHICH ASSUMES THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CONTROL VOLUME IN TIME INCREMENT i IS BASED ON THE TEMPERATURE VALUES IN ADJACENT NODES AT THE PREVIOUS TIME INCREMENT i-1 IMPLICIT - WHICH ASSUMES THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CONTROL VOLUME IN TIME INCREMENT i IS BASED ON THE TEMPERATURE VALUES IN ADJACENT NODES AT THE SAME TIME INCREMENT
1 2 x 2
THE STABILITY CRITERION IS 1/6 BOUNDARY NODES ARE MODELED BASED ON THE GEOMETRY AND HEAT CONDITION BALANCES FOR STRAIGHT SIDES, INSIDE CORNERS, OUTSIDE CORNERS BALANCES FOR CONVECTION, CONDUCTION AND RADIANT HEAT FLUXES