Outside chimney temperature - QuickField simulation example
Engineering question
How to find temperature distribution in chimney brick walls?
Answer
Set up a plane-parallel QuickField Steady-state Heat Transfer problem for a chimney wall structure and evaluate temperature distribution from computed field results.
Typical applications
brick chimneys, flue gas ducts, building chimney walls
Download
- Download simulation files (files may be viewed using any QuickField Edition).
Simulation problem
Problem TypePlane-parallel problem of heat transfer.
Geometry
Given
Thermal conductivity of materials:
- brick: 0.8 W/K-m;
- wall: 0.2 W/K-m;
- plaster: 0.93 W/K-m;
Task
Calculate the temperature field in a chimney brick wall.
Result
Temperature distribution in the chimney wall