Research Article

On the Use of Commercial Finite Element Packages for a Dimensionless Solution to a Class of Problems

Table 1

Comparison of parameters for dimensioned and dimensionless formulations.

Dimensioned parameterDimensionless parameterDefinition

(m)
(m)
(m)
(°C)
(W/m2)
(W/m∙K)
(W/m∙K)
(W/m^2∙K)
(°C)
(W)