Table 5:
A comparison of experimental and predicted temperatures at four times for Test 1.
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Mid Web | Temperatures in C (% diff in absolute scale (K)) | |||||||||||
Time, min | Exp (A) | ANSYS (A) | % diff | Exp(C) | ANSYS (C) | % diff | Exp (1) | ANSYS (1) | % diff | Exp(E) | ANSYS (E) | % diff |
30 | 331 | 285 | −7.7 | 299 | 289 | −1.7 | 320 | 285 | −5.8 | 332 | 280 | −8.6 |
60 | 647 | 626 | −2.2 | 656 | 633 | −2.4 | 618 | 625 | 0.7 | 621 | 617 | −0.4 |
90 | 792 | 820 | 3.5 | 846 | 826 | −1.8 | 770 | 817 | 4.5 | 775 | 811 | 3.4 |
120 | − | 929 | − | − | 934 | − | 899 | 927 | 2.4 | 933 | 923 | −0.9 |
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Time, min | Exp (A) | ANSYS (A) | % diff | Exp(C) | ANSYS (C) | % diff | Exp(l) | ANSYS (1) | % diff | Exp(E) | ANSYS (E) | % diff |
30 | 245 | 237 | −1.7 | 180 | 200 | 4.5 | 172 | 198 | 5.8 | 195 | 229 | 7.4 |
60 | 565 | 578 | 1.5 | 477 | 502 | 3.4 | 417 | 498 | 11.7 | 461 | 561 | 13.6 |
90 | 752 | 782 | 2.9 | 747 | 709 | −3.7 | 628 | 704 | 8.5 | 735 | 765 | 3.0 |
120 | 929 | 903 | −2.1 | − | 841 | − | 781 | 838 | 5.3 | 768 | 889 | 11.6 |
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Time, min | Exp (A) | ANSYS (A) | % diff | Exp(C) | ANSYS (C) | % diff | Exp (1) | ANSYS (1) | % diff | Exp(E) | ANSYS (E) | % diff |
30 | 92 | 97 | 1.3 | 100 | 101 | 0.5 | 86 | 102 | 4.3 | 132 | 100 | −7.9 |
60 | 209 | 1% | −2.7 | − | 203 | − | 169 | 203 | 7.5 | − | 151 | − |
90 | 382 | 278 | − | − | 284 | − | 254 | 284 | 5.8 | − | 282 | − |
120 | 574 | 348 | − | − | 353 | − | 336 | 353 | 2.8 | − | 351 | − |