clear; clc; // A Textbook on HEAT TRANSFER by S P SUKHATME // Chapter 6 // Heat Transfer by Natural Convection // Example 6.3 // Page 260 printf("Example 6.3, Page 260 \n \n"); s = 0.2 ; // [m] d = 0.005 ; // [m] rho = 7900 ; // [kg/m^3] Cp = 460 ; // [J/kg K] T_air = 20 ; // [C] // For 430 C to 330 C T_avg = 380 ; // [C] Tm = (T_avg + T_air)/2 ; // [C] v = 34.85*10^-6 ; // [m^2/s] Pr = 0.680 ; k = 0.0393 ; // [W/m K] Re = 9.81*1/(273+Tm)*(T_avg-T_air)*(s^3)/(v^2)*Pr; // From eqn 6.2.31 Nu = 0.68 + 0.670*(Re^(1/4))/[1+(0.492/Pr)^(4/9)]^(4/9); h = Nu*k/s; // [W/m^2 K] t1 = rho*s*s*d*Cp/((s^2)*2*h)*log((430-T_air)/(330-T_air)); // [s] printf("Time required for the plate to cool from 430 C to 330 C is %f s\n",t1); // for 330 to 230 h2 = 7.348 ; // [W/m^2 K] t2 = rho*s*s*d*Cp/((s^2)*2*h2)*log((330-T_air)/(230-T_air)); // [s] printf("Time required for the plate to cool from 330 C to 230 C is %f s\n",t2); // for 230 to 130 h3 = 6.780; // [W/m^2 K] t3 = rho*s*s*d*Cp/((s^2)*2*h3)*log((230-T_air)/(130-T_air)); // [s] printf("Time required for the plate to cool from 230 C to 130 C is %f s\n",t3); // Total time time = t1+t2+t3; minute = time/60; printf("Hence, time required for the plate to cool from 430 C to 130 C \n = %f s\n = %f min",time,minute);