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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
ME415: Computational Fluid Dynamics & Heat Transfer
Assignment # 1: 1D Unsteady Computational Heat Conduction for Cartesian Geometry
on a Uniform Grid: Physics based Approach
Instructor: Prof. Atul Sharma
Date Posted: 31/01/2015
Due Date: 04/02/15
ONLINE SUBMISSION THROUGH MOODLE ONLY (No late submission allowed): Create a
single zipped file consisting on (a) filled-in answer sheet of this doc file converted into a pdf file and
(b) all the computer programs. The name of the zipped file should be rollnumber_A1
Note: Both problem and answer sheet are provided below. SCILAB or MATLAB should be used
for programming as well as generating graphical results.
Refer http://spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/?search_foss=Scilab&search_language=English, for
getting started to SCILAB for programming as well as generating graphical results. To save figure:
Go to Graphic window number, click on File, then click on Export to, select Windows BMP
image in the Files of type. Make sure to save the file in the same location where you have this
file. More details are given in the next page.
1. 1-D Computational Heat Conduction (CHC) :
Consider a 1D Cartesian computational domain of size L=1 cm, for CHC transient simulation in a thin (in xdirection) long steel sheet (density: 7750 kg/m3, specific-heat: 500 J/Kg K, thermal-conductivity: 16.2 W/m-K.
The sheet is taken from a furnace at a temperature of 270C (initial-condition) and is subjected to various thermal
boundary conditions and volumetric heat generation; shown in a table below.
Using the physics based FVM as well as solution methodology, develop a computer program
A1_1DConduction for the above problem, run the code for four different boundary-conditions (Cases), given
as:
Cases
Boundary Conditions
Volumetric Heat
Generation (W/m3)
Left
Right
0
0
A
0C
100 C
0
B
1000C
0
h=100W/m2.K, T =300C

C
D

0C
1000C

100 C
h=100W/m2.K, T=300C

30,000
30,000

Take the maximum number of grid points in x-and y-direction as imax=12 and convergence criteria (for steady
state) as 0.000001.
Report the results as
a) Plot the steady state temperature profiles for the different cases (4 figures).
b) Discuss the effect of volumetric heat generation on the results for both the types of BCs.

BEST OF LUCK
Keep Playing with the codes in future also.

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NOTE: CODE EXECUTION IN SCILAB

To open a Scilab console:
Linux: ApplicationsProgrammingScilab or ApplicationsScienceScilab
Windows: StartAll programsScilabScilab.exe
To load a source code (or a Scinote file):
In the Scilab console, go to top menu bar
FileOpen a file(Browse for the *.sci file path)
The source code opens in a new Scinote window.
NOTE: Once this window is open, subsequent loading of a new *.sci file will open a new tab in
the same Scinote window.

MULTIPLE SCINOTE TABS

To execute a program written in Scinote:

In the Scinote window (with the desired program tab open), go to top menu bar
Executefile with no echo (please do not select file with echo)
The execution begins in the Scilab console window.

NOTE: Only one Scilab code can be executed at a time. Once an execute command is given
and the code is to be stopped at an intermediate stage, use the method given below. If another execute
command is given without completing/aborting the previous run, erroneous results may be produced.
To abort a running program:
Go to the Scilab console window and press CTRL+C. This interrupts the code execution. A prompt
appears asking for user input. Enter abort here to stop the code execution.

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Answer Sheet
Problem # 1: 1-D Computational Heat Conduction (CHC) :
a) Plot the steady-state temperature profile (T(x)) for the different cases (4 figures).

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Fig. 2.1: Steady state temperature profile obtained on the 1D domain for (a) Case A, (b) Case B,
(c) Case C and (d) Case D
b) Discuss the effect of volumetric heat generation on the results for both the types of BCs.
i) BC 1(No convection): The volumetric heat generation makes heat flux dependent on the x coordinate
of the sheet. It makes heat flow from the point where temperature is maximum within the sheet in both
+x and x direction. It makes the steady state temperature profile parabolic which was linear in the
absence of heat generation.
ii) BC 2(convection in right end): The volumetric heat generation sets the temperature at the convection
end as Ts=Tinf + (qgen*L/h), where L here is the distance from the maximum temperature point to the
right end. It makes the steady state temperature profile parabolic which was linear in the absence of
heat generation. It makes heat flow from the point where temperature is maximum within the sheet in
both +x and x direction.