Consider steady heat transfer in an L-shaped solid body whose cross section is
given in Figure 5–26.
Heat transfer in the direction normal to the plane of the paper is negligible, and thus heat transfer in the body is two-dimensional.
The thermal conductivity of the body is k 15 W/m · °C, and heat is generated in
the body at a rate of g· 2 106 W/m3.
The left surface of the body is insulated, and the bottom surface is maintained at a uniform temperature of 90°C.
The entire top surface is subjected to convection to ambient air at T 25°C
with a convection coefficient of h 80 W/m2 · °C, and the right surface is subjected
to heat flux at a uniform rate of q· R 5000 W/m2.
The nodal network of the problem consists of 15 equally spaced nodes with x y 1.2 cm, as shown in the figure.
Five of the nodes are at the bottom surface, and thus their temperatures are known. Obtain the finite difference equations at the remaining nine nodes and determine the nodal temperatures by solving them.