Heat Transfer in a Square

Plate with a Square Hole

Outer Square Boundary
Plate

Inner Square Boundary

Square Hole

Both the Boundaries are

aligned along direction
of Cartesian Coordinates

 Heat Transfer in a Square plate

with
i h a Circular
Ci l Hole
H l
The Outer Square
D
Domain
i Boundary
B
d is
i
aligned along the
direction of Cartesian
Coordinates
Inner Circular Domain
Boundary is aligned
along
g the direction of
cylindrical coordinates

xP = ( xne + xse + xsw + xnw ) / 4

x
N
n
y

W
sw

P
s

sn
e

S se

yP = ( yne + yse + ysw + ynw ) / 4

x = xse xsw; y = ynw ysw

xw = xP xW ; xe = xE xP ;
ys = yP yS ; yn = yN yP ;
ss
Se = S w = x;
Sn = S s = y
VP = xy

NW
nw
w
W
sw

SW

NE

N
n ne
P
s
S

e
E
se
SE

n +1
P

T
VP c p
= Qcond
Q dP + Q
QgenP
t
I Level of Approximation:
pp
Surface Averaging
g g to
qn Sn
calculate heat flux at CV Faces
n
qe
S
Se
w
e
qw Sw
P
T

n
P

Cond ction Heat Transfer Gain

Conduction

QcondP =
Q

q S q S

f =w,s

f =e,n

qs S s

 Conduction Heat Transfer Gain in terms of heat fluxes in

x- and y-direction
Qcond P =

( q S

f =w,s

+ q y S y )

N qnySny
qnxSnx n

qwy
S
Swy
qwxSwx w

qsxSsx

( q S

f =e ,n

qey
S
Sey
e qexSex
E

P
s
qsySsy

+ q y S y )

N
nw

n ne

P
s

W
sw

E
se

 Conduction Heat Transfer Gain in terms of heat fluxes in

x- and y-direction
Qcond P = ( q S + q S ) ( q S + q S )
f
f
f =w ,s

qw
S
Sw

N qn Sn
n qn Sn

qw Sw w

qs Ss

P
s

f =e , n

qe
S
Se
e qe Se

qs Ss

 II Level of Approximation:
pp
piecewise linear
p
N qnSn NE
TP TW
TE TP
qe =k
;qw =k
NW
ne
e
w
n
nw q nS n q eS e
q wS w
TP TS
TN TP
e qeSe
;qs =k
qn =k
qwSw w
n
s
P
E
W
Tne Tse
Tnw Tsw
swq S
s
qe =k
;qw =k
se
s
s
e
w
qsSs
y SW
S
Tne Tnw
Tse Tsw
SE
qn =k
;qs =k
n
s
x

 Volume Weighted Linear Interpolation

VNWP +VPNW +VNW +VWN
nw =
NE
N
VNW +VP +VN +VW
NW nw n ne
VSWP +VPSW +VSW +VWS
w
e
sw =
P
W
E
VSW +VP +VS +VW
sw s
se
S SE
VSEP + VPSE + VSE + VESSW
se =
VSE + VP + VS + VE
VNEP +VPNE +VNE +VEN
ne =
VNE +VP +VN +VE

n
W

ne
n
nw

P e

w w
sw

Distance between
C ll Centers
Cell
C t

Distance between
V ti
Vertices

e
se