SS-V: 3070 Transient Thermal

Test No. VT08 Find the temperature distribution on a beam subjected to transient thermal load.

Definition

The material properties are:
Properties
Value
Conductivity
35 W/m°C
Specific heat
440.5 J/Kg°C
Density
7200 Kg/m3
The model dimensions are:


Figure 1.
Boundary conditions
At time t = 0, All temperature = 0°C
At time t >0,
  • at A, temperature = 0°C
  • at B, temperature = 100sinπt40 MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaahqart1ev3aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLnhiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=xfr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaaGymaiaaicdacaaIWaGaci4CaiaacMgacaGGUbWaaSaaaeaacqaHapaCcaWG0baabaGaaGinaiaaicdaaaaaaa@3F38@ °C
No heat flux perpendicular to AB

Results

The following table summarizes the temperature at point C, at x = 0.8m and time t = 32 seconds.
Reference [C] SimSolid [C]
Temperature at point C 36.6°C 36.58°C
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NAFEMS, The Standard NAFEMS Benchmarks, Test No. T3. Glasgow: NAFEMS, Rev. 3, 1990.