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SLAB: thermal response of a flat plate in a fluid with oscillating temperature. [CDC7600; CYBER175; FORTRAN IV]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5521222
SLAB is a subroutine which solves the one-dimensional temperature problem for a solid slab of finite thickness and infinite width and length which is thermally coupled at both faces by constant film coefficient to a fluid with sinusoidally oscillating temperature. SLAB can calculate the temperatures at any arbitrary set of distances from the center plane of the slab at any desired time after a steady periodic temperature wave is established in the solid, the difference between the surface temperature and average temperature in the slab at that time, and the maximum value of the surface-to-average temperature difference during the cycle, as well as the time of occurrence and temperature distributrion at that time. An analytical solution from Carslaw and Jaeger is used to achieve fast execution time and allow arbitrary nodal spacing without loss of accuracy.
Research Organization:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Madison, PA (USA). Advanced Energy Systems Div.
DOE Contract Number:
AT02-80CH94049
OSTI ID:
5521222
Report Number(s):
ANL/NESC-1018; ON: DE83049005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English