Thermal Definition and 1000 Threads

Hello, I have modell in Ansoft Maxwell sumulate and need to transfer (import) it in Workbench ANSYS for the next step (Thermal analysis). How can i import it? Thank.

Homework Statement Here's a link to the pV-diagram I am using - http://session.masteringphysics.com/problemAsset/1396784/2/p16.7.jpg A heat engine takes 2.0 moles of an ideal gas through the reversible cycle abca, on the pV diagram shown in the figure. The path bc is an isothermal process...

I have just joined the forum so please be nice as I'm not an engineer. lol Thank you for any and all help. I wanted to tap the knowledge here because my brain hurts... I'd like a better understand of how to get the answer not just the answer if possible. I am designing a mechanical...

Homework Statement From a journal I read that the cobalt-based perovskite cathode usually has better ionic and electrical conduction but higher TEC compare to Maganite-based perovskite cathode. Because of the Co-O bond is weaker than Mn-O bond. e.g. Cobalt-based perovskite cathode...

Homework Statement If a copper kettle has a base of thickness 2.0mm and an area 3.0 x 10-2 m2 estimate the steady difference in temperature between the inner and outer surface of the base which must be maintained to enable enough heat too pass through so that the temperature of 1 kg of...

Thermal energy is momentum right? Is this a correct interpretation: If I slide an object across a frictional surface, the momentum will still be conserved, just not visibly (because it's now atomic momentum, called "thermal energy"). If yes, then, in all of these conservation of momentum...

Hi all, I know how if a statistical partition function is written as a path integral in imaginary time (Wick's rotation) the fluctuations around the mean-field represent thermal fluctuations. If the path integral is instead done in real time then fluctuations from the...

I have a simple question. If when mixing two liquids together the directions say mix 10.4 parts of hardner by weight for every 100 parts of resin and I want the final mixture to be 2.75lb, could I do the following? Mh = mass of hardener Mr = mass of resin Mh + Mr = 2.75lb Mh/Mr =...

I have to calculate the amount of thermal energy due to friction, it will be rolling friction if that makes a difference but i would like to know how (if possible) to calculate thermal energy due to friction in sliding friction as well. Thank you!

Hello. I'm working in the plasma physics and trying to calculate the thermal conduction time or speed. Thanks to the people here replied my questions, I was able to calculate the thermal conductivity of the plasma with the given electron temperature in SI unit...

Homework Statement Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I don't know what is the difference between the change in entropy of the gas vs the thermal reservoir??

A man is running and chemical energy converts to thermal and kinetic. The output (thermal and kinetic ) has the same amount of energy as the input (chemical). But what does thermal and kinetic energy convert to?

Hello. In CGS unit electron thermal conductivity for plasma is expressed as \frac{n_{e}T_{e}}{m_{e}\upsilon_{e}}\Gamma_{1} [1] where \Gamma_{1} is the dimensionless transport coefficient. [2] You can also find similar expression in...

Homework Statement The cross section of ##^{59}Co## for capturing the thermal neutrons is ##2000 fm^2##. A ##10g##, thin paper of ##^{59}Co## is radiated for ##100 hours## in reactor with neutron flux ##2\cdot 10^{18} /m^2s##. Density of ##^{59}Co## is ##8.9g/cm^3##. Half life time of...

Homework Statement Part (a): Derive Clausius-Clapeyron Equation. Find latent heat of fusion of ice. Part (b): Find rate of formation of ice Part (c): What is the maximum thickness of ice formed? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Part (a) I have derived the...

okay so I suck at La-Tex so I'm not going to put the actual equation, but it's not important for my question. In the equation the entropy is dependent on the natural log with mass in the numerator of the argument. Why is mass involved when talking about entropy at all? I mean I think of...

A glass bottle is filled with salted water, and a pipette is inserted in the top through the cork. ( Leaving the bottle sealed). A thermometer is also inserted to keep record of the temperature. The glass bottle is then inserted in ice until the water reaches Zero Celsius. Finaly, the...

I am trying to figure out what kind of material would be best used in order to transport water through a material that would be the same size/shape/diameter of a conventional pipe inside a home running water. The idea is that the water running through the pipe would be at a temperature of...

Hello everyone, I was wondering, is there any way of calculating the time it takes for two objects in thermal contact to come to thermal equilibrium?

Homework Statement How much thermal energy was in 1 cubic meter of air at room temperature. Give your answer in Joules. How much kinetic energy does one cubic meter of air have if it were to hit the ground after falling 100 m? Give your answer in Joules. Which has more energy...

VTh= sqrt[(3RT)/M] where M is the molar mass How do we determine which R constant to use?

I need a question answered. If given the density of 2 materials in a composite, the fibres & the matrix, but not the over all density of the composite, how can one go about finding the thermal expansion coefficient, alpha of the composite? I have Youngs modulus, density of each individual...

Homework Statement Part (a): Under what circumstances do these equations work? Part (b): Find Temperature as a function of x, in steady state. Part (c): Show heat loss is proportional to r^1.5 Part (d):Assume A = 0, show solution works, and find γ.Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution...

Hi guys, I'm trying to use thermal oxidation with Si wafers in order to get SiO2 to use for electric components. I've been trying to find out how the partial pressure of the gases used (O2 in this case, it's a dry oxidation) affect the oxidation time, but I haven't been able to find an...

1. A 0.25kg piece of ice at -30°C is warmed by an electric heater and the following graph of the temperature is produced (I just redrew the graph). Assume that there has been no loss of energy to the surroundings. a) use the information on the graph to determine the power output of the heater...

Homework Statement Given an insulating case outer surface at 25C, radiates heat to surroundings at 20C. Find temperature inner surface. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution The heat is conducted through a thickness of 2.5mm, with a temperature difference of 5oC. Thus...

Homework Statement A beaker with a metal bottom is filled with 20g of water at 20∘C. It is brought into good thermal contact with a 4000 cm^3 container holding 0.40mol of a monatomic gas at 10atm pressure. Both containers are well insulated from their surroundings. What is the gas pressure...

Homework Statement Steam at 2 MPa and 208°C enters a nozzle with 20m/s. During the expansion process, its enthalpy drops to 2.86 MJ/kg because of the losses encountered. a) Determine the exit velocity from the nozzle. b) If the mass flow rate is 1kg/s, determine the flow area at the...

Homework Statement A circular steel plate of radius 15 cm is cooled from 350 C to 20 C. By what percentage does the plates area decorate ? Homework Equations A=∏r^2 Af = Ai (1+2∂ΔT) specific heat of steel = 12 x 10^-6 The Attempt at a Solution r = 15 cm = .15 m Ai = .070685 m^2...

Hi all Homework Statement The Debye temperature of argon is 92 K and that of silicon is 345 K. Rank the following in order of thermal conductivity (largest value first): (i) A 1 cm3 cube of silicon at 6 K (ii) A 512 mm3 cube of silicon at 2 K (iii) A 1 mm3 cube of argon at 4 K (iv)...

Hi again, I'm looking for a book to self study thermal physics/statistical mechanics. I would like one with an abundance of worked examples and problems with solutions as well. I've browsed through a few other threads and found these were the general "good" books deemed by the community...

Published values for the room temperature thermal conductivity of graphene vary from ~2000 W/m*k to 5600 W/m*k, for freely suspended samples. The large discrepancy shows the sensitivity of graphene to lattice defects (contact with substrate, edge defects, etc.) Thermal conductivity increases...

Good Evening , i am post graduate student of Thermal Engineering.I have some experience to COMSOL software(but not expert atleast). So now i am doing a project on Modelling a Micro thermal energy harvestor. The problem goes something like this , there is strip made up of bimetal ( material of...

Homework Statement Show that the total weight w of an assembly in thermal equilibrium is a maximum. Homework Equations S= k ln W? dS = dQ/ T ? S is maximize when thermal equilibrium is reached. The Attempt at a Solution First of all, i don't know what does "total weight w" means...

Problem statement: The Bragg angles of a certain reflection from copper is 47.75◦ at 20◦C but is 46.60◦ at 1000◦C. What is the coefficient of linear expansion of copper? (Note: the Bragg angle θ is half of the measured diffraction (deflection) angle 2θ). Attempt at solution: Using...

Lens & Disk The image of the sun is projected on the disk using a lens of radius r<<d and focal length f<<d (d is the distance between the sun and the disk.. The magnification of the lens is M`f/d, so that the image completely fills the disk R`=MR. When the disk reaches thermal equilibrium...

The most probable velocity of thermal neutrons can than be approximated by the Boltzmann constant and is given by the following: v = sqrt (2kT/m) where k is the Boltzmann constant T is the temperature m is the mass of the neutrons My question is why is the above equation not the...

Where does thermal radiation come from? vibration of the molecules or the excitement of electrons ?

Do such materials exist? If they do, are there materials that go from very high to very low thermal conductivity depending on electrical input?

Hi, Does anybody know a material which is a good thermal conductor and an insulator at the same time (at temperatures around 4 K) and is "easy" to fabricate? For e.g. sapphire fulfils the first two requirements, but is extrmely hard.

How to calculate the thermal conductance ( in axial direction ) of a cylinder having length equal to its radius

Hello, my colleague and I are having a disagreement about the amount of thermal expansion in a particular part we are working on (manufacturing environment). It is a piece of structural steel, which has a thermal expansion value of 12 (10^-6/K according to the chart at...

So I know individually how these form. Unfortunately I haven't found any sources that describe more detailed questions that pop up in my mind. Could someone help me answer a couple of questions? 1. So if a thermal boundary layer forms in a 'plug flow' model i.e. when there is no momentum...

Let's say I have a molecule such as CO2, where there are three atoms and a linear structure. I understand that there are 3 translational degrees of freedom and 2 rotational degrees of freedom (since it's symmetric). However, the number of vibrational degrees of freedom (DoF) confuses me. My...

Homework Statement A new type of insulating board has been developed by that esteemed construction company Kaput Ltd. They warn that at extremely high heat fluxes it could be ignited, but they don’t think it’s very likely and it would take hours, so there’s no real risk! As an expert on the...

From Statsitical And Thermal Physics (Reif. international edition 1985) 160 page. (5.4.4) S(T,V;√) = √[∫{cv(T`)/T`}dT` + Rln(V) - Rln(√) + constant] (integral is from T0 to T , cv is specific heat) This is a entropy of system for temperature 'T' , Volume 'V' , Moles '√' <--...

does thermal radiation involve ultraviolet x ray and jamma ray or just heat of light...

Are there any theories or thoughts that view spacetime as 'having' a coefficient of thermal expansion... analogous to the CTE of water? An inflection with density in regards to temperature?

I'm doing Thermal conductivity and I'm kinda confused on something wrt to the temperature gradient...why is it that ΔΘ in the first case the smaller value minus the larger but in the second example it's the larger minus the smaller?

Homework Statement A combination of .25kg of H2O at 20C, .4kg of Al at 26C and .1kg of Cu at 100C is mixed in an insulated container and allowed to come to thermal equilibrium. Ignore any energy transfer to or from the container and determine the final T of the mixture. Homework Equations...