In this notebook, we are going to resolve the temperature distribution on a pipeline. At the north boundary, we have a constant flow heat. At the south boundary, the heat is a fluid whose thermal field is a lineal distribution. The west boundary is adiabatic. Finally, we have a known temperature at the east boundary.
June 21, 2017—Rubén García Soriano
Data and Control Parameters
The initial conditions, the geometric data and the physical properties of the material (pipeline) and the fluid are: coefficient of convection, conduction, ambient temperature, temperature distribution of the fluid, specific heat.
You can control all the different parameters, and the temperature distribution over the copper is going to change. You can also change the dimensions of the pipeline; Length, Thick (external "N" and internal diameter "S").
Also, the most interesting parameter to change is the number of nodes—this allows you to visualize with better precision the temperature distribution in the pipeline.