4
7
15
Appendix A
Table 2.
(A)
Correction
coefficient
for
numerical
solutions
derived
for
a
range
of
wound
diameters
and
corresponding
to
a
–0.6,
0,
0.6
cm
probe
configuration
where the stainless steel probes are 1.3mm in diameter. Solutions were derived
based on modelled temperature data at
t
= 60–100 s.
Coefficient
b
,
c
and
d
apply
to
Equation
6.
Coefficien
t
B
is a linear
approximation (Equation 13) of the polynomial relationship described by
Equation
6.
(B)
Additional
coefficient
generated
for
a
–0.5,
0,
0.5
cm
probe
configuration
with
1.3-mm
diameter
stainless
steel
probes.
Wound (cm) B c d r² B r²
A.
-0.6,
0,
0.6-cm
probe
configuratio
n
0.17 1.6565 -0.0014 0.0002 1.0000 1.7023 0.9993
0.18 1.7077 -0.0014 0.0002 1.0000 1.7585 0.9992
0.19 1.7701 -0.0017 0.0002 1.0000 1.8265 0.9991
0.20 1.8292 -0.0019 0.0003 1.0000 1.8905 0.9990
0.21 1.8909 -0.0022 0.0003 1.0000 1.9572 0.9989
0.22 1.9554 -0.0025 0.0004 1.0000 2.0267 0.9988
0.23 2.0226 -0.0029 0.0004 1.0000 2.0991 0.9987
0.24 2.0685 -0.0031 0.0005 1.0000 2.1482 0.9987
0.26 2.1932 -0.0038 0.0006 1.0000 2.2817 0.9985
0.28 2.3448 -0.0047 0.0008 1.0000 2.4467 0.9984
0.30 2.4908 -0.0057 0.0010 1.0000 2.5985 0.9983
B.
-0.5, 0, 0.5-cm probe con
f
iguration
0.17 1.6821 -0.0015 0.0002 1.0000 1.7283 0.9993
0.18 1.7304 -0.0013 0.0002 1.0000 1.7853 0.9992
0.19 1.7961 -0.0016 0.0002 1.0000 1.8568 0.9991
0.20 1.8558 -0.0018 0.0003 1.0000 1.9216 0.9990
0.21 1.9181 -0.0021 0.0003 1.0000 1.9891 0.9989
0.22 1.9831 -0.0024 0.0004 1.0000 2.0594 0.9988
0.23 2.0509 -0.0028 0.0004 1.0000 2.1326 0.9987
0.24 2.0973 -0.0030 0.0005 1.0000 2.1825 0.9987
0.26 2.2231 -0.0037 0.0006 1.0000 2.3176 0.9985
0.28 2.3760 -0.0046 0.0008 1.0000 2.4813 0.9983
0.30 2.5232 -0.0055 0.0010 1.0000 2.6383 0.9982
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