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Heat Transfer in a Solid Material

Heat Transfer in a Solid Material

Heat Transfer in a Solid Material

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Can anyone assist me in determining the time it would take to increase the temperature of a piece of steel to a target temperature based on the material's thermal/physical properties and energy requiremnents (Q)?

Thanks,
VG

RE: Heat Transfer in a Solid Material

vgirolamo,

I believe your problem can be solved by applying a well known analytical solution for transient heat conduction in a semi-infinite solid.  

If the metal is initially at a uniform temperature and the surface temperature is suddenly changed, then the analytical solution will provide the temperature at a given depth as a function of time.

Alternately, if your piece of metal is small, or thin, and is heated uniformly on all surfaces (e.g., a ball bearing suddenly immersed in a heating or cooling fluid), then an analytical solution is available by using a well known transient lumped parameter approach.  This method assumes that the entire metal mass is heating up uniformly.

I can help you with the calculation and provide the equations if you can provie a few more details:

1. metal density, specific heat, and thermal conductivity;
2. method of heating
3. metal geometry (e.g., flat plate with finite thickness such as steel beams; spherical such as ball bearings, cylindrical such as rebar).

RE: Heat Transfer in a Solid Material

Hi vgirolamo

See my solution in thread 391-66391 in this forum.

regards desertfox

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