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Chapter 3
in Figure 3.5b. The next step in the bisection method is to bisect the distance between
and
to produce the value indicated by
o
x
1
x
x ( x x ) / 2 . Next one evaluates
2
1
o
H( x , )
2
in order to determine
whether it is positive or negative. From Figure 3.5b we see that Figure 3.5b. Graphical iterative solution for x h
H( x
2 , )
0 , thus the next estimate for the solution is given by x
3
( x 2
1
x ) / 2 . This type of geometrical construction is not necessary to carry out the bi‐section method. Instead one only needs to evaluate H( x
2 , ) H( 1
x , )
to determine whether it is positive or negative. If H( x
2 , ) H( 1
x , )
0 the next estimate is given by x
( x
x ) / 2 .
3
2
1
However, if H( x , )
H x , 0 the next estimate is given by
2
( 1 )
75
x
3
( x 2
o
x ) / 2 . This procedure is repeated to achieve a converged value
of x 0.3832 as indicated in Table 3.5. Given the solution for the dimensionless depth defined by Eq. 21, and given the specified dimensionless time defined by Eq. 22, we can determine that the fluid depth will be 0.435 meters at 11 hours and 9.3 minutes after the start time.
The results tabulated in Table 3.5 can be extended to a range of dimensionless times in order to produce a curve of x versus , and these results can be transformed to produce a curve of h versus t for any value of and .
2
Table 3.5. Converging Values for x h at t 2 0 1
. 0
n
xn
H( xn)
2
0.5000
0.09315
3
0.3000
– 0.04333
4
0.4000
0.01083
5
0.3500
– 0.01922
6
0.3750
– 0.00500
7
0.3875
0.00271
8
0.3812
– 0.00120
9
0.3844
0.00074
10
0.3828
– 0.00023
11
0.3836
0.00026
12
0.3832
0.00001
13
0.3830
– 0.00011
14
0.3831
– 0.00005
15
0.3832
– 0.00002
16
0.3832
0.00000
In Examples 3.4 and 3.5 we have illustrated how one can develop solutions to transient macroscopic mass balances. For the system analyzed in Example 3.5 an iterative method of solution was required to find the root of an implicit equation for the fluid depth. More information about iterative methods is provided in Appendix B.
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