Temperature response of a suddenly cooled wire - QuickField simulation example
Determine the temperature response of a copper wire of diameter d, originally at temperature T0, when suddenly immersed in air at temperature Tair. The convection coefficient between the wire and the air is α.
How to find temperature response of suddenly cooled wire?
Answer Typical applications Geometry
d = 0.1 cm.
Given Task Solution Results
Temperature, °C
* Reference: Frank Kreith, Raj M. Manglik, Mark S. Bohn Principles of Heat Transfer, Cengage Learning, Jun 10, 2010 - Technology & Engineering - 696 pages, Page 119, Example 2-10.
Engineering question
Set up a plane-parallel QuickField Transient Heat Transfer problem for a suddenly cooled wire and evaluate temperature response from computed field results.
cooled conductors, wire cooling sections, convective cooling specimens
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Simulation problem
Problem Type
Plane-parallel problem of heat transfer.
Copper initial temperature T0 = 150°C,
thermal conductivity λ = 391 W/m·K,
specific heat C = 383 J/kg·K,
volume mass density ρ = 8930 kg/m³;
Air temperature Tair = 40°C,
convection coefficient α = 10 W/K-m².
Determine the temperature in the wire.
A time step of 1 s is used to run numerical analysis.
Analytical solution*:
(T - Tair) / (T0 - Tair) = exp(-0.0117·t)
Temperature in a wire:
Time
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Reference*
30 s
117.5
117.4
60 s
94.6
94.5
120 s
67.1
67.0
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