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  2. Biot number - Wikipedia

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    As noted, a Biot number smaller than about 0.1 shows that the conduction resistance inside a body is much smaller than heat convection at the surface, so that temperature gradients are negligible inside of the body. In this case, the lumped-capacitance model of transient heat transfer can be used. (A Biot number less than 0.1 generally ...

  3. Thermal conduction - Wikipedia

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    An example of a new source of heat "turning on" within an object, causing transient conduction, is an engine starting in an automobile. In this case, the transient thermal conduction phase for the entire machine is over, and the steady-state phase appears, as soon as the engine reaches steady-state operating temperature. In this state of steady ...

  4. Heisler chart - Wikipedia

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    In thermal engineering, Heisler charts are a graphical analysis tool for the evaluation of heat transfer in transient, one-dimensional conduction. [1] They are a set of two charts per included geometry introduced in 1947 by M. P. Heisler [2] which were supplemented by a third chart per geometry in 1961 by H. Gröber.

  5. Heat transfer - Wikipedia

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    System analysis by the lumped capacitance model is a common approximation in transient conduction that may be used whenever heat conduction within an object is much faster than heat conduction across the boundary of the object. This is a method of approximation that reduces one aspect of the transient conduction system—that within the object ...

  6. Heat equation - Wikipedia

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    In general, the study of heat conduction is based on several principles. Heat flow is a form of energy flow, and as such it is meaningful to speak of the time rate of flow of heat into a region of space. The time rate of heat flow into a region V is given by a time-dependent quantity q t (V).

  7. CFD in buildings - Wikipedia

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    In transient heat conduction, the temperature changes with time as well as position. The finite difference solution of transient heat conduction requires discretization in time in addition to space, as shown in figure-6. Figure-6: FDM fotirmulation of time dependent problem involves discrete points in time as well as in space

  8. Lumped-element model - Wikipedia

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    The lumped-capacitance model is a common approximation in transient conduction, which may be used whenever heat conduction within an object is much faster than heat transfer across the boundary of the object. The method of approximation then suitably reduces one aspect of the transient conduction system (spatial temperature variation within the ...

  9. Fourier number - Wikipedia

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    In the study of heat conduction, the Fourier number, is the ratio of time, , to a characteristic time scale for heat diffusion, .This dimensionless group is named in honor of J.B.J. Fourier, who formulated the modern understanding of heat conduction. [1]