Ch5 unsteady state heat conduction

In this chapter we consider transient-conduction problems in which there is no internal heat generation.
Temperature will therefore vary with location within the system and with time. Temperature and heat transfer
variation of system are dependent on its internal resistance and surface resistance.

Thus, the temperature variation within the system is dependent on the internal and surface resistances. The larger
internal resistance or the smaller surface resistance, the larger temperature variation within the system, and vice
versa. A Biot number is defined as

where Lc is characteristic length of the body.

volume
Lc 
surface area

5.1 System with negligible internal resistance

For this case Bi < 0.1 and the temperature profile within the body is quite uniform.

Where Bi is Biot number:

Fo is Fourier number:

For the heat transfer rate at t, it can be obtained from:

the total cumulative heat transfer for period of t second is:

5.2 System with finite internal and external resistances

For this case, the problem is too complicate to solve theoretically, it must be solved based on graphical solution

For semi-infinite plate

For infinite cylinder
For a sphere
5.3 System with negligible surface resistance

In this category of problem we will deal with system where the film resistance is negligible. We therefore simply
assign a temperature at the surface of the object that in essence will equal the surrounding temperature.