diffusion_1d.m

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%   Author: Alberto Cuoci <alberto.cuoci@polimi.it>                       %
%   CRECK Modeling Group <http://creckmodeling.chem.polimi.it>            %
%   Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering           %
%   Politecnico di Milano                                                 %
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%  The meaning of this code is to give a simple introduction to the       %
%  finite volume (FV) technique for discretizing transport equations      %
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%  Code: 1D diffusion equation with finite volume method and explicit     %
%        Euler method. A constant, uniform source term q is included.     %
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%        rho*cp*dT/dt = k*d2T/dx2 + q                                     %
%        T(x=0)=T0, T(x=L)=TL, T(t=0)=Ti                                  %
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close all;
clear variables;

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% User data
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rho = 1000.;    % density [kg/m3]
cp  = 1000.;    % specific heat [J/kg/K]
kappa = 0.5;    % thermal conductivity [W/m/K]
L = 0.02;       % length of computational domain [m]
tau = 1000;     % total time of simulation [s]
T0 = 100;       % temperature on the left side [C]
TL = 200;       % temperature on the right side [C]
Ti = 100;       % initial temperature [C]
q = 1e6;        % heat generation [W/m3]

% Numerical parameters
nx = 100;       % number of points [-]
sigma=0.5;      % safety coefficient for time step [-]


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% Data processing
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h = L/(nx-1);           % step size [m]
alpha = kappa/rho/cp;   % thermal diffusivity [m2/s]
dt_diff=h^2/2/alpha;    % time step (diffusion stability) [s]
dt = sigma*dt_diff;     % time step [s]
nsteps=tau/dt;          % number of time steps [-]
tc = L^2/alpha;         % characteristic diffusion time [s]
xi=(h/2):h:(L-h/2);     % grid internal points

fprintf('Max Time step [s]:       %f\n', dt_diff);
fprintf('Time step [s]:           %f\n', dt);
fprintf('Diffusivity [m2/s]:      %f\n', alpha);
fprintf('Characteristic time [s]: %f\n', tc);


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% Solution
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T = zeros(nx+1,1) + Ti;

% Advancing in time
for j=1:nsteps
    
    % Update boundary conditions (ghost points)
    T(1) = 2*T0-T(2);
    T(nx+1) = 2*TL-T(nx);
    
    % Advance solution along the internal points
    To = T;
    for i=2:nx
        T(i) = To(i) + alpha*dt/h^2*(To(i+1)-2*To(i)+To(i-1)) + ...
                       q/(rho*cp)*dt;
    end

    % On-the-fly post processing
    if (mod(j,25)==1)
        plot(xi,T(2:nx));
        drawnow;
    end
    
end

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% Data postprocessing
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x = 0:h:L;
TT = (T(1:nx)+T(2:nx+1))/2;
Ta = ((TL-T0)/L + q/2/kappa*(L-x)).*x + T0;     % analytical solution
plot(x,TT,'-', x,Ta,'o'); xlabel('x[m]'); ylabel('temperature [C]');

% Error estimation
error = norm(Ta-TT')/nx;
fprintf('Error: %e\n', error);