I am still here. I am trying to avoid getting too bogged down in an exact solution. All I am looking for are governing equations for this type of situation. Again, take a hot brick and set it on a thin sheet of metal, insulate it from all thermal interaction with the environment. How long...
In our current setup the radiation and convection are very difficult to determine accurately. Regardless, we are looking for a very conservative solution to time to reach equilibrium. This of course makes use of the assumption that the only form of heat transfer is by conduction between the...
Searched through the forums and feel like I have a pretty unique problem that has stumped me for weeks. Have come up with a number of methods...all providing differing solutions.
Here goes:
We have a furnace that we are using to heat up aluminum to 2000 degrees C in a ceramic crucible. Below...
