Steady-State Thermal Analysis of a Thermometer Well

1963 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Benedict ◽  
J. W. Murdock
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Finite Difference ◽  
Balance Equation ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Calculation Method ◽  
Finite Difference Approximation ◽  
Difference Approximation ◽  
Differential Heat ◽  
Hand Calculation

A generalized thermometer well is analyzed as to temperature-measuring uncertainties. A reliable finite difference approximation to the differential heat balance equation is developed. For those cases where the fluid may be considered transparent to radiation (i.e., for εg ≈ 0), a simplified linearized approximation is given. Whenever conduction effects can be neglected (i.e., for (hc D/k)(L2/(D2 − d2)) > 20), a rapid hand-calculation method is indicated. Several examples of graphical approximations are given.

scholarly journals Stable and Efficient Modeling of Anelastic Attenuation in Seismic Wave Propagation

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Anders Petersson ◽  
Björn Sjögreen
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Finite Difference ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Finite Difference Approximation ◽  
Difference Approximation ◽  
Space Problem ◽  
Standard Linear Solid ◽  
Standard Linear

AbstractWe develop a stable finite difference approximation of the three-dimensional viscoelastic wave equation. The material model is a super-imposition of N standard linear solid mechanisms, which commonly is used in seismology to model a material with constant quality factor Q. The proposed scheme discretizes the governing equations in second order displacement formulation using 3N memory variables, making it significantly more memory efficient than the commonly used first order velocity-stress formulation. The new scheme is a generalization of our energy conserving finite difference scheme for the elastic wave equation in second order formulation [SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 45 (2007), pp. 1902-1936]. Our main result is a proof that the proposed discretization is energy stable, even in the case of variable material properties. The proof relies on the summation-by-parts property of the discretization. The new scheme is implemented with grid refinement with hanging nodes on the interface. Numerical experiments verify the accuracy and stability of the new scheme. Semi-analytical solutions for a half-space problem and the LOH.3 layer over half-space problem are used to demonstrate how the number of viscoelastic mechanisms and the grid resolution influence the accuracy. We find that three standard linear solid mechanisms usually are sufficient to make the modeling error smaller than the discretization error.

A parameter-uniform finite difference scheme for singularly perturbed parabolic problem with two small parameters

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tesfaye Aga Bullo ◽  
Guy Aymard Degla ◽  
Gemechis File Duressa
Keyword(s):  
Finite Difference ◽  
Difference Scheme ◽  
Finite Difference Scheme ◽  
Variable Parameter ◽  
Accurate Solution ◽  
Singularly Perturbed ◽  
Finite Difference Approximation ◽  
Parabolic Problems ◽  
Difference Approximation ◽  
Uniform Mesh

A parameter-uniform finite difference scheme is constructed and analyzed for solving singularly perturbed parabolic problems with two parameters. The solution involves boundary layers at both the left and right ends of the solution domain. A numerical algorithm is formulated based on uniform mesh finite difference approximation for time variable and appropriate piecewise uniform mesh for the spatial variable. Parameter-uniform error bounds are established for both theoretical and experimental results and observed that the scheme is second-order convergent. Furthermore, the present method produces a more accurate solution than some methods existing in the literature.   

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document