Find the temperature of junction if rods are identical and are placed symmetrically.
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It follows from the solution of the time-invariant two-dimensional heat equation ∇ 2 u ( x , y ) = 0 that, temperature at any point in the steady-state is the average of the temperatures of the neighbouring points. Thus the temperature at the junction is T = 4 1 ( 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 5 0 + 7 0 ) ∘ C = 8 0 ∘ C