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Lec 2,3 Heat Transfer

The document discusses temperature distribution and thermal resistance in walls. It explains that the heat equation with proper boundary conditions can be used to determine the temperature distribution in a wall under steady-state conditions with no internal heat sources or sinks. It also introduces the concept of thermal resistance by drawing an analogy between heat transfer and electrical resistance, defining thermal resistance as the ratio of the temperature difference driving potential to the heat transfer rate. The thermal resistance for one-dimensional heat conduction in a plane wall is defined as the wall thickness divided by the material's thermal conductivity.

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Lec 2,3 Heat Transfer

The document discusses temperature distribution and thermal resistance in walls. It explains that the heat equation with proper boundary conditions can be used to determine the temperature distribution in a wall under steady-state conditions with no internal heat sources or sinks. It also introduces the concept of thermal resistance by drawing an analogy between heat transfer and electrical resistance, defining thermal resistance as the ratio of the temperature difference driving potential to the heat transfer rate. The thermal resistance for one-dimensional heat conduction in a plane wall is defined as the wall thickness divided by the material's thermal conductivity.

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Temperature Distribution

The temperature distribution in the wall can be determined by solving the heat equation with the proper
boundary conditions. For steady-state conditions with no distributed source or sink of energy within the
wall, the appropriate form of the heat equation is Equation
3.1.2 Thermal Resistance
At this point we note that, for the special case of one-dimensional heat transfer with no internal energy
generation and with constant properties, a very important concept is suggested by Equation 1. In particular,
there exists an analogy between the diffusion of heat and electrical charge. Just as an electrical resistance is
associated with the conduction of electricity, a thermal resistance may be associated with the Conduction of
heat. Defining resistance as the ratio of a driving potential to the corresponding transfer rate,

the thermal resistance for conduction in a plane wall is


Lecture 3
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