Matlab Homework - temperature profile plotting

[noobeestudent]

Hi guys, I am new here. Recently, I got this coursework assignment question.

I genuinely have no idea how to plot this.
Does anyone know how it should look like?
Can you guide me to solve this question? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

 

[wwfeldman]

can't help with matlab
this is your homework - look in your textbook
if your instructor allows it, use google

i think the line "... at equal space intervals t = k delta t..." may be a typo, as space is x, not t

suggestions:
the c in the one dimensional heat equation is a measure of the "thermal diffusivity" - that is, how well energy in the form of heat transfers through the material
choose a value for an insulator from a table in your text

note that the units of c, L, and delta t must be consistent - so meters and seconds, or feet and seconds

L is the length of the rod
it doesn't matter what length you pick, the form of u(x,t) will be the same

delta t is a time interval in seconds

since matlab will be doing the calculations, choose a time interval that won't take forever to calculate, like nanoseconds, and one that may fail to show the time progression, like 1 hour

make matlab do the calculation
x is the position along the rod - first try, start at 0, end at L, and calculate every 0.1 x L
t is the time - first try, start at 0, and then increment by 1 second

loop x = 0 to L in steps of 0.1*L
loop t = 0 to ?? 15 minutes in steps of 1 second

find u(x,t) according to the equation given

end loop t
end loop x

make the graph
how long did matlab run to do the calculation?
have you met the requirements of the problem?
based on those questions, decide if more x intervals or more t intervals or more time may be appropriate

 

[stenzer]

Hi,

show us what you have done so far and we will try to help you. We will not do your homework .

BR