Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

Kanpur ME630A: Home Assignment 0 (zero)

Due: on or before January 25, 2016

This is a group (of three) work and will be awarded S or X grade only

As discussed in class, numerically solve the following Equation of heat conduction in a

triangular fin for c =100, Bi = 0.1, 10, 1000

d 2
+ f
d
Bic =
0 (1)
2
dx dx

(= ) 1
x 0= ( 2)
x = 1:
d
+ Bi = 0 ( 3)
dx

Submit the following:

1. Brief description of physical problem and mathematical model (dimensionless form)

2. Numerical algorithm in detail

3. Plot (a)temperature vs. distance for different Bi (in one plot), (b) total heat transfer vs. Bi
Plot may be created using any standard software; hand-drawn plots will not be
accepted

4. Draw meaningful conclusions

5. Computer program (source code) via e-mail to jithinm@iitk.ac.in