Temperature distribution in a metal hollow cylinder of finite radius under unsteady state conditions

Abstract

The u. s. Naval Engineering Experiment Station, Annapolis, Maryland has recently run tests to determine the effects of thermal shock on steam piping for naval use. After several preliminary tests, data were taken for a section of pipe heated by the flow of saturated steam through the pipe. Thea e da:ta cons is.tad of temperature readings at the inside and outside walls of the pipe at time intervals of five seconds. The calculations of the stresses set up by thermal shock require a knowledge of the temperature distribution in the wall at all radii.