Rate of energy conduction through slab¶
The rate at which energy is conducted through a slab for which one face is maintained at a higher temperature than the other face is proportional to the temperature difference of the faces and its face area and inversely proportional to its length.
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- Symbol:
P
- Latex:
- Dimension:
power
- thermal_conductivity¶
thermal_conductivity
of the slab’s material.
- Symbol:
k
- Latex:
- Dimension:
power/(length*temperature)
- Symbol:
A
- Latex:
- Dimension:
area
- Symbol:
h
- Latex:
- Dimension:
length
- temperature_difference¶
temperature
difference between the two faces of the slab.
- Symbol:
Delta(T)
- Latex:
- Dimension:
temperature
- law¶
P = k * A * Abs(Delta(T)) / h
- Latex: