//Clearing console clc clear //Intializing variables kx = 20 ky = 20 a = 0.5/12 b = 0.5/12 T =[180.000000;180.000000;180.000000;106.528061;111.987760;106.528061;89.057755;90.986763;89.057755] T2 = [T(4,1);T(7,1);T(8,1);T(5,1)] //Calculating the centroidal heat flux components for elements 2 and 3 q2x = -(kx/(4*a))*(T2(2,1)-T2(1,1)+T2(3,1)-T2(4,1)) q2y = -(ky/(4*b))*(T2(4,1)-T2(1,1)+T2(3,1)-T2(2,1)) //due to symmetry q3x = q2x q3y = -q2y printf('\nResults\n') printf('\nHeat flux components for element 2 \nq2x=%fBtu/hr-ft 2 \nq2y=%fBtu/hr-ft^2',q2x,q2y) printf('\nHeat flux components for element 3 \nq3x=%fBtu/hr-ft 2 \nq3y=%fBtu/hr-ft^2',q3x,q3y)