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Fouriers Law
Fluids Review
TRN-1998-004
The driving force for any form of heat transfer is the temperature difference.
The larger the temperature difference, the larger the rate of heat transfer.
T T
Q
q kT k
A
x y
units for q
are W/m2
temperature profile
dT
dx
1
hot wall
cold wall
x
G5
Thermal
Conductivity
Thermal
conductivity: The
rate of heat transfer
through a unit
thickness of the
material per unit area
per unit temperature
difference.
The thermal
conductivity of a
material is a measure
of the ability of the
material to conduct
A simple experimental
heat.
setup to determine the
A high value for
thermal conductivity of a
thermal conductivity material.
indicates that the
material is a good
heat conductor, and a
low value indicates
that the material is a
One Dimensional
Heat Conduction Equation
qgen
qx+dx
qx
Energy
conducted
in left face
qx
dx
Energy
Heat
+
- conducted
generated
out right
within the
face
element
+
q Adx
x dx
=
=
Change in
internal
energy
T
c p A
dx
Cont
qx
T
kA
x
T
kA
x
q x dx
q Adx
T
kA
x
x dx
T T
+ A k
k
dx
x x x
T
x
q Adx
q Adx
T
c p A
dx
T
c p A
dx
T
c p A
dx
T
T
k
q c p
The driving force for any form of heat transfer is the temperature
difference.
The larger the temperature difference, the larger the rate of heat
transfer.
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Numerical