clc; clear all; disp("required time calculation") As=2*0.5*0.5;// m^2 surface area of plate V=0.5*0.5*0.00625;// m^3 volume of plate Lc=V/As;// m characteristic length of plate h=90; //W/m^2/C k=370;//W/m.C rho=9000;// kg/m^3 C=380;//J/kg.C t=108;// degree C ta= 36;// degree C ti=300;// degree C Bi=h*Lc/k;// biot number if (Bi< 0.1) disp("Bi is less than 0.1 hence lumped heat capacity method can be applied") disp("Temperature distribution is given by : (t-ta)/(ti-ta) = exp((-h*As*tau)/rho*V*C)") m=(t-ta)/(ti-ta); x=-h*As/(V*rho*C); disp("sunstituting the values we get,") tau = (log(m))/x; disp("sec",tau,"time required to attend the temperature is ")