Numerical investigation of the transient conduction in a rotating cylindrical shell exposed to an incident time varying heat flux

Abstract

The transient temperature distribution in a rotating cylindrical shell which is heated by an incident time varying heat flux (nuclear pulse) as well as a constant heat flux, is determined numerically by a finite difference method. The shell is cooled by combined convection and thermal radiation. The effects of cooling and rotation on the temperature distribution as well as the time‐ and space‐dependence are shown. Rotation provides a sinusoidal temperature variation in time for a fixed surface and circumferential position. Increased rotation reduces the maximum temperature in the shell and also provides a more uniform temperature distribution in the circumferential direction.

Citation

Eriksson, D. and Sundén, B. (1996), "Numerical investigation of the transient conduction in a rotating cylindrical shell exposed to an incident time varying heat flux", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 6 No. 6, pp. 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/09615539610131244