The Heat Balance Integral in Steady-State Conduction

1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 466-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Sfeir

The Heat Balance Integral Method is applied to solve for the heat flow and temperature distribution in extended surfaces of different shapes and boundary conditions. In most cases the analysis is found to be identical to the exact two-dimensional solutions at Biot numbers for which the one-dimensional analysis is almost 100 percent off. Other possible extensions of the method are briefly described.

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Mitchell ◽  
T. G. Myers

We employ the Heat Balance Integral Method (HBIM) to solve a number of thermal and phase change problems which occur in a multitude of industrial contexts. As part of our analysis, we propose a new error measure for the HBIM that combines the least-squares error with a boundary immobilisation method. We describe how to determine this error for three basic thermal problems and show how it can be used to determine an optimal heat balance formulation. We then show how the HBIM, with the new error measure, may be used to approximate the solution of an aircraft deicing problem. Finally we apply the new method to two industrially important phase change problems.


2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan Hristov

The fractional (half-time) sub-model of the heat diffusion equation, known as Dirac-like evolution diffusion equation has been solved by the heat-balance integral method and a parabolic profile with unspecified exponent. The fractional heat-balance integral method has been tested with two classic examples: fixed temperature and fixed flux at the boundary. The heat-balance technique allows easily the convolution integral of the fractional half-time derivative to be solved as a convolution of the time-independent approximating function. The fractional sub-model provides an artificial boundary condition at the boundary that closes the set of the equations required to express all parameters of the approximating profile as function of the thermal layer depth. This allows the exponent of the parabolic profile to be defined by a straightforward manner. The elegant solution performed by the fractional heat-balance integral method has been analyzed and the main efforts have been oriented towards the evaluation of fractional (half-time) derivatives by use of approximate profile across the penetration layer.


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