QUESTION:

Prove the nodal finite-difference relations for various configurations

below at steady state condition and no heat generated:
Finite-Difference relations for x=y

Configuration

Case 1 Interior Node

Tm ,n 1 Tm ,n 1 Tm 1,n Tm 1,n 4Tm ,n 0

Case 2 Node at an internal corner with convection

2(Tm1,n Tm,n1 ) (Tm1,n Tm,n1 ) 2

T, h

hx
hx
T 2(3
)Tm,n 0
k
k

Case 3 Node at a plane surface with convection

T, h

(2Tm1,n Tm,n 1 Tm,n 1 ) 2

hx
hx
T 2(
2)Tm,n 0
k
k

Case 4 Node at an external corner with convection

T, h
(Tm,n 1 Tm1,n ) 2

hx
hx
T 2(
1)Tm,n 0
k
k

Case 5 Node at a plane surface with uniform heat flux

(2Tm1,n Tm,n1 Tm,n1 )

2q' ' x
4Tm,n 0
k