test_wall_conduction Namespace Reference

Functions
	test_constant_flux_surface_temperature ()
	test_constant_surface_temperature_profile ()
	test_steady_ablation_is_landaus ()
	test_soak_conserves_energy ()

Variables
	K
	RHO
	CP
	ALPHA = K / (RHO * CP)

Detailed Description

The wall conduction model against closed-form solutions (Carslaw & Jaeger; Landau 1950).

Every expected number here is a textbook formula evaluated in the test, not a number the
model produced.

Function Documentation

test_constant_flux_surface_temperature()

test_wall_conduction.test_constant_flux_surface_temperature

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Semi-infinite solid, constant flux: Ts - T0 = 2 q sqrt(t/pi) / sqrt(k rho c).

Definition at line 21 of file test_wall_conduction.py.

test_constant_surface_temperature_profile()

test_wall_conduction.test_constant_surface_temperature_profile

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Surface stepped to Ts: T(y,t) = T0 + (Ts-T0) erfc(y / 2 sqrt(alpha t)).

Definition at line 31 of file test_wall_conduction.py.

test_soak_conserves_energy()

test_wall_conduction.test_soak_conserves_energy

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Adiabatic faces after shutdown: the profile relaxes to the mean, energy conserved.

Definition at line 58 of file test_wall_conduction.py.

test_steady_ablation_is_landaus()

test_wall_conduction.test_steady_ablation_is_landaus

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Quasi-steady ablation at T_abl: v = q / (rho (H + cp (T_abl - T0))); the T_p isotherm sits
(alpha/v) ln((T_abl - T0)/(T_p - T0)) below the receding face.

Definition at line 44 of file test_wall_conduction.py.

Variable Documentation

ALPHA

test_wall_conduction.ALPHA = K / (RHO * CP)

Definition at line 18 of file test_wall_conduction.py.

CP

test_wall_conduction.CP

Definition at line 17 of file test_wall_conduction.py.

K

test_wall_conduction.K

Definition at line 17 of file test_wall_conduction.py.

RHO

test_wall_conduction.RHO

Definition at line 17 of file test_wall_conduction.py.