Introduction to Heat Transfer
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ISBN: 9780470501962
Author: Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt, Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.119P
(a)
To determine
To plot: the temperature distribution.
(b)
To determine
The expression for the mid-point temperature.
(c)
To determine
Mid-point temperature and sketch of temperature distribution.
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