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SEMI-INFINITE SOLIDS

CALCULATOR
Katherine Reinke Deason
Motivation
Easily solve the complicated equations
for semi-infinite solids
Accurately solve the non-linear
equations to find any variable in all 3
cases
Calculator GUI
Description of
application
for each case
Material properties
calculated at Ti of
the solid
Choose one of
3 variables to
calculate
If a non-linear
equation is
produced, a pop-up
window will prompt
for a guess to begin
the solver
Click solve to
calculate the
highlighted
variable!
Fill in given
temperatures
Choose which
case applies
to problem
Example 1:
Problem 5.71 in Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer 6
th
Ed
Problem: A tile-iron
consists of a massive
plate maintained at 150C
by an imbedded electrical
heater. The iron is placed
in contact with a tile to
soften the adhesive. The
adhesive will soften
sufficiently if heated above
50C for at least 2 min,
but its temperature should
not exceed 120C.
Assume the tile and
subfloor to have an initial
temperature of 25C and
to have equivalent
thermophysical properties
of k=0.15W/m/K and cp =
1.5E6J/m
3
/K. How long
will it take to soften
sufficiently?
Answer:
At 0.004m it will be
323K or 50C after
48.71s.
Example 2:
Problem 5.79 in Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer 6
th
Ed
Answer:
At 0.0m it will be
582.39K or 309C
which is below
325C, so the
design is
acceptable.
Problem: Consider a
0.25m thick concrete wall
(k=1.4 W/m/K and =2300
kg/m
3
, c = 880 J/m
3
/K),
which is at an initial
temperature of 25C and
irradiated at one surface
with a heat flux of q = 10
4

W/m
2
. The absorptivity is
= 1.0. If the building
code requirements dictate
that the temperatures of
the irradiated and back
surfaces must not exceed
325C and 25C ,
respectively, after 30 min
of heating, will the
requirements be met?
Example 3:
Problem 5.69 in Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer 6
th
Ed
Answer:
At 0.025m it will be
323K or 50C after
16013.9s.
Problem: A thick steel
slab (k=50 W/m/K and
=7800 kg/m
3
, c = 480
J/m
3
/K), is initially at
300C and is cooled by
water jets impinging on
one of its surfaces. The
temperature of the water
is 25C, and the jets
maintain an extremely
large, approximately
uniform convection
coefficient at the surface.
Assuming that the surface
is maintained at the
temperature of the water
throughout the cooling,
how long will it take for the
temperature to reach 50C
at a distance of 2 mm
from the surface?

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