Structural and Thermal Analysis of Asphalt Solar Collector Using Finite Element Method

Table 6

Result of stress analysis.

Model	Load applied on surface in line with the tube	Load applied at midplane	Load applied eccentrically between the tubes at surface
100 × 75 mm	0.23 × 10^7 pa	0.298 × 10^7 pa	0.314 × 10^7 pa
150 × 75 mm	0.287 × 10^7 pa	0.31 × 10^7 pa	0.41 × 10^7 pa
150 × 50 mm	0.41 × 10^7 pa	0.285 × 10^7 pa	0.41 × 10^7 pa
200 × 75 mm	0.291 × 10^7 pa	0.33 × 10^7 pa	0.490 × 10^7 pa