Reference no: EM132356203

Assignment -

Convective heat transfer depends on the contact area between a flowing fluid and a solid. To increase the rate of convective heat transfer, it is common to attach extra surfaces to the main heat transfer surface in order to increase the contact area. These extra surfaces are called extended surfaces or fins. It is common practice to attach an array of fins to the main heat transfer surface to achieve the desired heat transfer rate. The width of the fin into the paper is 50 cm. Since the thickness of fin is much less than the width, we can assume end-effects are negligible (i.e., we can model as a 2D problem).

Desired Results:

(a) Temperature contour diagram

(b) Vector flux plot

(c) Plot of the temperature distribution along the line of symmetry (use Excel and proper graphing techniques discussed in class)

(d) Plot the temperature distribution at the tip (right-hand side) of the fin

(e) Plot the heat flux along the bottom of the fin

(f) Conduct a mesh-independence study

(g) Compare your numerical results with textbook fin equations.

(h) Log file. (in appendix)

Please present information in a report in a professional manner. Please elaborate on results with written text where appropriate. You will be graded on both technical content and presentation.