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Week 5.1 - Mid term project - Solving the steady and unsteady 2D heat conduction problem

% Solving Steady and unsteady 2D heat conduction problem
% Steady state conduction 
% Iterative solver - Jacobi, Gauss -seidel, Relaxation methods

clear all
close all
clc

%initial conditions
%L = 1
nx = 10;
ny = 10;
x = linspace(0,1,nx);
y = linspace(0,1,ny);
dx = x(2) - x(1);
dy = y(2) - y(1);


% given data of boundary condition
% initial temp condition

t = 300*ones(nx,ny);  
t(:,1) = 400;
t(1,:) = 600;
t(:,ny) = 800;
t(nx,:) = 900;

% defining the temperature at corner points

t(1,1) = 500;
t(nx,ny) = 850;
t(1,ny) = 700;
t(nx,1) = 650;

dt = 1e-2; %time step
told=t;

error = 100;
tol = 1e-4;
k = 2*(dx^2+dy^2)/(dx^2*dy^2);
% k2 = (dy^2)/(2*(dx^2+dy^2));

method = input('Iterative method = '); %iterative method selection

%JACOBI ITERATIVE METHOD

if (method==1)
    tic;
    jacobi = 1;
    while(error>tol)
        for i = 2:(nx-1)
            for j = 2:(ny-1)
            t(i,j) = (((told(i-1,j)+told(i+1,j))/(dx^2))+((told(i,j+1)+told(i,j-1))/(dy^2)))/k;
            end
        end
    error = max(max(abs(t-told)));
    told = t;
    jacobi = jacobi+1;
    time_taken = toc;
    end

%plotting    
figure(1)
contourf(x,y,t,'ShowText','on');
colormap(jet);
colorbar;
xlabel('X')
ylabel('Y')
text1 = sprintf('number of iteration = %d', jacobi);
text2 = sprintf('simulation time = %f', time_taken);
title({'Steady state heat condustion profile by jacobi'; text1; text2});
end


%GAUSS-SEIDEL ITERATIVE METHOD

if (method==2)
    tic;
    gauss = 1;
    while(error>tol)
        for i = 2:(nx-1)
            for j = 2:(ny-1)
            t(i,j) = (((t(i-1,j)+told(i+1,j))/(dx^2))+((told(i,j+1)+t(i,j-1))/(dy^2)))/k;
            end
        end
    error = max(max(abs(t-told)));
    told = t;
    gauss = gauss+1;
    time_taken = toc;
    end

%plotting
figure(2)
contourf(x,y,t,'ShowText','on');
colormap(jet);
colorbar;
xlabel('X')
ylabel('Y')
text1 = sprintf('number of iteration = %d', gauss);
text2 = sprintf('simulation time = %f', time_taken);
title({'Steady state heat condustion profile by Gauss-Seidel'; text1; text2});
end


%SUCCESSIVE OVER RELAXATION ITERATIVE METHOD

if (method==3)
    tic;
    sor = 1;
    omega = 1.4; %over relaxation factor
    while(error>tol)
        for i = 2:(nx-1)
            for j = 2:(ny-1)
            term1 =(t(i-1,j)+told(i+1,j))/(dx^2);
            term2 =(told(i,j+1)+t(i,j-1))/(dy^2);
            t(i,j) = ((told(i,j)*(1-omega)))+(omega*(term1+term2))/k;
            end
        end
    error = max(max(abs(t-told)));
    told = t;
    sor = sor+1;
    time_taken = toc;
    end

%plotting
figure(3)
contourf(x,y,t,'ShowText','on');
colormap(jet);
colorbar;
xlabel('X')
ylabel('Y')
text1 = sprintf('number of iteration = %d', sor);
text2 = sprintf('simulation time = %f', time_taken);
text3 = sprintf('over relaxation factor = %f', omega);
title({'Steady state heat condustion profile by Successive Over Relaxation'; text1; text2; text3});
end
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