MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, HEAT CONDUCTION PROJECT

MEE 340 Project: Steady-State Heat Conduction

1. Study the accompanying document (Project1TwoDConduction), outlining the method to solve the steady-state heat equation.

2. Do Example Problem 4.4 on p. 214 in the Project1Background. Display the temperature distribution in a table and also in a contour plot. Attach a copy of the MATLAB program used to obtain the results. Briefly discuss the method and geometry that you used, and the results.

3. Create your own geometry for heat conduction, and set up appropriate boundary conditions. Solve for the temperature distributions, and present the results (same as Part 2).

This is a “project” work, so it is open-ended (particularly Part 3). Therefore, details of the work is left to your own initiatives and interpretations. Try to resolve all questions on your own, and present the results in your own creative manner. The geometry and boundary conditions for Part 3 are up to you to create, and the more interesting and complex the better the evaluation will be. But of course, you have to generate accurate results, regardless of the geometry to get full credit. Although discussions with peers are ok, individual work is required of the final product including the MATLAB programs and reports. Identical or unusually similar MATLAB programs will be discredited, for both the source/recipient.