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Computational  Physics  Project        

  I  started  off  by  first  deriving  the  algorithm  needed  for  the  1-­‐Dimensional  heat  equation.,  which  came  from  the  Taylor  expansion  of    

 

 This  is  a    forward  difference  time  algorithm  since  its  increasing  while  the  spatial  part  is  a  central  difference,  since  it  both  increases  and  decreases.  

     The  K  /Cp  is  a  constant  called  thermal  diffusivity  and  from  now  on  will  be  eta  (η).        The  algorithm  yielded  from  the  Taylor  Series  expansion  is  T[i][j+1]  =  T[i][j]  +  η(T[i+1][j]+T[i-­‐1][j]  –2T[i][j])      We  can  then  use  to  determine  a  solution  to  the  heat  equation.              The  first  code  is  for  a  1  dimensional  bar,  the  graph  has  the  thermal  diffusivity  of  that  material.    

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                     The  next  code  was  for  a  sinusoidal  distribution.,  and  I  chose  the  b.c’s  accordingly.                        

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   The  next  code  was  for  two  bars  in  contact  with  each  other.          

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   Finally  this  was  Newtons  law  of  cooling  combined  with  the  heat  equation.    I  chose  the  environment  temperature  to  be  70  degrees,  and  the  heat  source  to  be  100  degrees,  this  then  leaves  the(  Te  –  To  )to  be  30  degrees.    I  then  chose  an  arbitrary  “h”  value  for  the  equations.                    Two  dimensional  heat  equation:    

   You  can  expand  this  equation  with  the  Taylor  expansion  as  well,  but  this  equation  doesn’t  have  any  thermal  diffusivity  as  you  can  cancel  it  out,  (since  time  =0).    This  then  becomes  a  heated  plate  equation.    

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       For  an  external  source  of  heat  centered  on  the  plate,  and  the  boundaries  being  zero.      

   Here  the  time  derivative  is  zero,  leaving  the  Laplacian,  and  an  external  heat  source.          

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