Determination of the temperature distribution in a rectangular cooling fin using the finite element method

This paper involves the use of the Galerkin finite elementmethod to determine the temperature distribution in a rectangular cooling fin.The governing equation is a one-dimensional second order differential equation.The result shows that the temperature at the tip of the rectangular cooling finwhich...

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Main Authors: İredia Erhunmwun, Monday J. Omoregie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kyrgyz Turkish Manas University 2019-06-01
Series:MANAS: Journal of Engineering
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/738101
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Summary:This paper involves the use of the Galerkin finite elementmethod to determine the temperature distribution in a rectangular cooling fin.The governing equation is a one-dimensional second order differential equation.The result shows that the temperature at the tip of the rectangular cooling finwhich was 1000C and begins to drop as it proceeds to theother end of the rectangular cooling fin which is 61.55180C at 0.1m. The result obtained from the finite elementsolutions when compared with the analytical solution, shows that the accuracywas very high with the highest percentage error of 0.000432875. It can bestated that the finite element solution is an accurate method for determiningthe temperature distribution in a rectangular cooling fin.
ISSN:1694-7398