
174 HEAT TRANSFER IN 2D AND 3D
These ODEs, paired with the homogeneous BCs, define regular Sturm-Liouville
problems. From previous ID and 2D instances of similar problems, the resulting
eigenfunctions and eigenvalues are
ΤΙΊΤ
X
n
(x)
= sin(a
n
x) where a
n
= —, n = 1,2,3...
a
ΤΤ17Γ
Y
m
(y) = sm(ß
m
y) where ß
m
= —, m = 1,2,3... (6.129)
b
Ιπ
Ζι{χ) = sin(7/x) where 7/ = —, I = 1,2,3...
c
Now that the eigenvalues a
n
, ß
m
, and 7/ are known, it follows that — λ =
-(al + β^ + 7/
2
) and the solution to the ODE in T(t) is
T{t) =
e
-
(a
»
+/3
-
+7
?
)t
(6.130)
Combining the solution for each variable results in the general solution for
u{x,y,z,t) given in Equation (6.131)
00 00 00
u{x,y,z,t) = 5Z ΣΖ X^^nm/sin(a
n
x)sin(/5
m
?/)sin(7/2;)e~
(a;
-
+/3
-
+7i)t
n=l m=l /—1
(6.131)
The solution to IBVP (6.124) will be given by a particular solution of form shown
in Equation 6.131 provided coefficients
A
nm
i
can be found so that
00 00 00
u(x,
ν,ζ,0)
= ΣΣΣ
Anrnl sin
(^
x
)
sin
(/?m2/) sin(7/2;) = /(x, y, z)
n=l ra=l 1=1
(6.132)
The orthonormal ity of the eigenfunctions allow the coefficients to be determined in
the usual way forming the integral inner product of both sides of the equation of the
triple sum and /(x, y, z). The resulting triple integral formula is
pc pb pa
Anmi= / / f(x,y,z)sm(a
n
x)sm(ß
m
y)sin('y
l
z)dxdydz (6.133)
Jo Jo Jo
As an example, suppose a = b = c=l, k = 0.01, and the initial condition
/(x,
y, z) in IBVP (6.124) isgivenby /(x, y, z) = /i(x, y, z)*f
2
(x,
V,
z)*f
3
(x, y, z)
where
f(
x
_ Γ 2x 0.3 < x < 0.7
ji[x,y,z) -|
0
otherwise
r ( x f 2y 0.3 < y < 0.7
f ,
x
_ Γ 2z 0.3 < z < 0.7
}3{x,y,z) - I 0 otherwise
Figure 6.22(a) shows the /(x, y,z) — 1 surface, and Figure 6.22(b) depicts the same
surface for the triple Fourier series representation of /(x, y, z) given by u(x, y, z, 0).