Transient heat conduction

One dimensional slab with spatial variation in

temperature.
No heat generation
Thermal conductivity is constant.

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t > 0,
0 0<x<L
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((Symmetry
y
y for midplane)
p
) Boundary
y conditions 1:
0
[Insulated boundary or adiabatic]
Boundary
B
d
conditions
diti
2
2:
[TL - T]
Initial condition :
T(x t = 0) = F(x) or constant Ti
T(x,t
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It is a homogeneous
g
partial
p
differential equation
q
but Boundary
y
conditions 2 is non homogeneous linearly shift the temperature
scale
(x t) = T(x,t)
(x,t)
T(x t) + T

Boundary conditions 1:
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Boundaryy conditions 2:

Initial condition :

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Sign
g of the separation
p
constant to force the boundaryy value pproblem
in the homogenous x dimension.

Boundaryy conditions 1:

Boundary conditions 2:

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Boundary conditions 1:
Boundary conditions 2:

Where n are eigenvalues.

Yields C2 = 0

Transcendental equation

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The orthogonal
g
eigen
g functions become:
Define a new pparameter : n = Ln
Bi - Biot number

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The 2nd ordinaryy differential equation
q
is :

It produces a decaying exponential function as expected for constant

b
boundary
d
conditionsditi
giving
i i way to
t steady
t d state
t t ttemperature
t
profile.
fil

Where Cn = C1 C3
{Non homogeneous initial condition to be considered after combining}
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Most ggeneral solution is

Applying initial condition

It is a Fourier series expansion of G(x) in terms of an orthogonal

function.
Similar to previous problem - multiply by the orthogonal function for
an arbitrary eigen value cos m x, and integrate

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Eliminating all terms except - 1

For the simple case of G(x) being a constant

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