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EXPERIMENTAL SETUP :
STEEL TUBE O.D.
140MM
THICKNESS 6 MM
CONCRETE
INFILL
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EXPERIMENTAL SETUP :
5 thermocouples with steel protective sheathes of 3mm
dia and 300mm length were drilled axially in the
concrete cross sectional plane.
4 thermocouples were used to measure the surface
temperatures
The tube was heated in 15kW electric furnace, using 3
heating elements, one on top and other two on the
sides of specimen.
The specimen was heated from ambient temperature to
900 degrees centigrade.
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NUMERICAL MODEL :
INTEMP software is implemented, that solves non-linear inverse heat
conduction problems. For the input given, it checks the FE mesh,
calculates heat flux w.r.t time at the nodes, and comparison of
measured and calculated temperatures.
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SCHEMATIC OF NUMERICAL MODEL :
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METHODOLOGY OF CALCULATING
THERMAL CONDUCTANCE :-
Step
1:- Initial Contact Conductance Calculation
A heat transfer model without interface is modelled, and
temperatures are calculated at the nodes
From the time-temperatures obtained, INTEMP program is used to
calculate the heat flux at the nodes.
Initial values of conductance are calculated using the following
relation