Summery of Conduction
Process
Steady State
Trainsiet
Fins
No heat
Generation
Heat Generation
Uniform cross
sectional area
Non-unifrom cross
sectional area
Fourier
number > 0.2
1D
2D/3D
Lumped model
Thermal circuit
Alot of PDE
Shape Factor
General lumped
model
Cartesian
Where I1 and Io are Bessel
Multiple fins?
Carteesian
Yes
Cylindrical
Spherical
No
Fin
Energy
accumulation
Fourier
number < 0.2
semi-infinite
solid