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Tenth Week
Heat Transfer 1
Discuss all problems with your group. You do not need to submit reports. The tutor will arrange you
to understand of the problems in the class.
1. The boundary layer associated with parallel flow over an isothermal plate may be tripped at any x‐
location by using a fine wire that is stretched across the width of the plate. Determine the value of
the critical Reynolds number Rex,c,op that is associated with the optimal location of the trip wire from
the leading edge that will result in maximum heat transfer from the warm plate to the cool fluid.
2. Air at 27oC with a free stream velocity of 10 m/s is used to cool electronic devices mounted on a
printed circuit board. Each device, 4 mm x 4 mm, dissipates 50 mW, which is removed from the top
surface. A turbulator is located at the leading edge of the board, causing the boundary layer to be
turbulent. Estimate the surface temperature of the fourth device located 15 mm from the leading
edge of the board.
3. Steel (AISI 1010) plates of thickness t = 6 mm and length L = 1 m on a side are conveyed from a
heat treatment process and are concurrently cooled by atmospheric air of velocity u = 10 m/s and
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T = 20 C in parallel flow over the plates.
For an initial plate temperature of Ti = 300oC, what is the rate of heat transfer from the plate? What
is the corresponding rate of change of the plate temperature? The velocity of the air is much larger
than that of the plate.
4. The roof of a refrigerated truck compartment is of composite construction, consisting of a layer of
foamed urethane insulation (t2 = 50 mm, ki = 0.026 W/m K) sandwiched between aluminum alloy
panels (t1 = 5 mm, kp = 180 W/m K). The length and width of the roof are L = 10 m and W = 3.5 m,
respectively, and the temperature of the inner surface is Ts,i =10oC. Consider conditions for which
the truck is moving at a speed of V = 105 km/h, the air temperature is T = 32oC , and the solar
irradiation is GS = 750 W/m2. Turbulent flow may be assumed over the entire length of the roof. For
equivalent values of the solar absorptivity and the emissivity of the outer surface (S,0 = = 0.5),
estimate the average temperature Ts,o of the outer surface. What is the corresponding heat load
imposed on the refrigeration system?
5. A pin fin of 10‐mm diameter dissipates 25 W by forced convection to air in cross flow with a
Reynolds number of 4000. If the diameter of the fin is doubled and all other conditions remain the
same, estimate the fin heat rate. Assume the pin to be infinitely long.
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