Heat equation with non homogeneous BCs

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The discussion revolves around solving the heat equation with non-homogeneous boundary conditions in a cylindrical coordinate system. The original poster explores a change of variables and proposes a decomposition of the solution into two functions to satisfy the boundary conditions.

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  • Exploratory, Assumption checking, Problem interpretation

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  • The original poster attempts to use a change of variable and proposes a function decomposition. They express uncertainty about the form of one of the functions needed to satisfy the boundary conditions. Some participants suggest using the method of separation of variables, questioning the boundary condition notation and its implications.

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Participants are actively discussing various methods to approach the problem, including separation of variables and the transformation of non-homogeneous boundary conditions to homogeneous ones. There is acknowledgment of a typo in the boundary conditions, and the original poster has indicated attempts to apply known methods but is facing challenges.

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The original poster notes a lack of experience with partial differential equations and expresses difficulty finding relevant resources that address their specific case. There is a mention of the need for the thread to be moved to a more appropriate forum section for advanced homework help.

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Homework Statement
$$\frac{1}{r}\frac{\partial }{\partial r}(r\frac{\partial T}{\partial r})+\frac{\partial^2T}{\partial z^2}=0$$

$$\left.-k\frac{\partial T}{\partial r}\right\rvert_{r=R}=h[T(R,z)-T_{\infty}]$$

$$\left.k\frac{\partial T}{\partial z}\right\rvert_{z=H}+h[T(r,H)-T_{\infty}]=q_s$$

$$\left.-k\frac{\partial T}{\partial z}\right\rvert_{z=0}=0$$

$$\left.-k\frac{\partial T}{\partial r}\right\rvert_{r=0}=0$$

$where \ T_0 \ ,T_{\infty} \ and \ q_s \ are \ constants$
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I did a change of variable $$\theta(r,z) = T(r,z)-T_{\infty}$$ which resulted in

$$\frac{1}{r}\frac{\partial }{\partial r}(r\frac{\partial \theta}{\partial r})+\frac{\partial^2 \theta}{\partial z^2}=0$$

$$\left.-k\frac{\partial \theta}{\partial r}\right\rvert_{r=R}=h\theta$$

$$\left.k\frac{\partial \theta}{\partial z}\right\rvert_{z=H}+h\theta=q_s$$

$$\left.-k\frac{\partial \theta}{\partial z}\right\rvert_{z=0}=0$$

$$\left.-k\frac{\partial \theta}{\partial r}\right\rvert_{r=0}=0$$

After that I proposed $$\theta(r,z)=v(r,z)+w(r,z)$$ where w(r,z) should must satisfy

$$\left.-k\frac{\partial w}{\partial r}\right\rvert_{r=R}=hw(R,z)$$

$$\left.k\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}\right\rvert_{z=H}+hw(r,H)=q_s$$

$$\left.-k\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}\right\rvert_{z=0}=0$$

$$\left.-k\frac{\partial w}{\partial r}\right\rvert_{r=0}=0$$

I already tried interpolation, doesn't work. I don't know how w(r,z) should look like in order to satisfy the above equations. Is there an easier method?
In short, everything I have been trying has failed and I don't know what to do anymore, I have looked for books on PDEs, all the ones I have found deal with very simple cases, which are of no use to me. I have almost no experience solving this kind of equations to know what to do or to guess how w might look like
 
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I just noticed I asked my question in the wrong section 💀
 
Have you tried obtaining the general solution by the method of separation of variables? It looks like it will work in this case but I have not solved the problem.

What is ##x=0## doing in the boundary condition ##~\left.-k\dfrac{\partial T}{\partial r}\right\rvert_{x=0}=0~##. Is it a typo?

I reported this thread and it should be moved to the Advanced Homework forum by a mentor at some point in time.
 
kuruman said:
Have you tried obtaining the general solution by the method of separation of variables? It looks like it will work in this case but I have not solved the problem.

What is ##x=0## doing in the boundary condition ##~\left.-k\dfrac{\partial T}{\partial r}\right\rvert_{x=0}=0~##. Is it a typo?

I reported this thread and it should be moved to the Advanced Homework forum by a mentor at some point in time.
Yes it was a typo, fixed it already. And yes I have tried to get the the general solution by the method of separation of variables, the thing is I know how to apply it but with homogeneous BC where I do some things with Sturm-Liouville. The thing is Sturm-Liouville only works with homogeneous BCs, I know a method to transform the non homogeneous BCs to homogeneous, which is the one I already wrote where I have to guess the form of w(r,z)

And thanks for helping to move my question to the right section
 
jackkk_gatz said:
I have tried to get the the general solution by the method of separation of variables,
Wolfram gives me Bessel functions.
 

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