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Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 1

For the fluid flowing over a flat plate with Prandtl number greater than unity, the thermal boundary layer for laminar forced convection.

[1988]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 1

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 2

A fluid flowing over a flat plate has the following properties: dynamic viscosity = 25 × 10–6 kg/ ms, specific heat = 2.0 kJ/kgK, thermal conductivity 0.05 W/mK. The hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness is measured to be 0.5 mm. The thickness of the thermal boundary layer would be

[1992]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 2


Now, δ = 0.5 mm
∴ δ = δt = 0.5mm

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Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 3

Water (Prandtl number = 6) flows over a flat plate which is heated over the entire length. Which one of the following relationship between the hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness (δ) and thermal boundary layer thickness (δt) is true

[2001]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 3


Here, Pr = 6 > 1
or 
∴ δ > δt

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 4

Consider a laminar boundary layer over a heated flat plate. The free stream velocity is U. At some distance x from the leading edge the velocity boundary layer thickness is δv and the thermal boundary layer thickness is δT. If the Prandtl number is greater than 1, then

[2003]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 4

Prandtl number

From question, since prandtl number > 1
∴ Velocity boundry thickness (δv) > thermal boundary thickness (δt)

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 5

An un-insulated air conditioning duct of rectangular cross section 1 m × 0.5 m, carrying air at 20°C with a velocity of 10 m/s, is exposed to an ambient of 30°C. Neglect the effect of duct construction material. For air in the range of 20 – 30°C, data is as follows: thermal conductivity = 0.025 W/mK; viscosity = 18 μPa.s; Prandtl number = 0.73; density =1.2 kg/m3. For laminar flow Nusselt number is 3.4 for constant wall temperature conditions and , for turbulent flow, Nu = 0.023 Re0.8Pr0.33.The Reynolds number for the flow is

[2005]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 5


Reynolds number,

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 6

An un-insulated air conditioning duct of rectangular cross section 1 m × 0.5 m, carrying air at 20°C with a velocity of 10 m/s, is exposed to an ambient of 30°C. Neglect the effect of duct construction material. For air in the range of 20 – 30°C, data is as follows: thermal conductivity = 0.025 W/mK; viscosity = 18 μPa.s; Prandtl number = 0.73; density =1.2 kg/m3. For laminar flow Nusselt number is 3.4 for constant wall temperature conditions and , for turbulent flow, Nu = 0.023 Re0.8Pr0.33.

The heat transfer per meter length of the duct, in watts, is

[2005]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 6

As Re > 4000, the flow is turbulent

Surface area of duct
A = 2 × al + 2 × bl
where, l = length of duct
∴ A = 3l
Heat transfer rate, Q = h A(T0 – T)
Q = 25.60 × 3l × (30 – 20)
Q/I = 769W

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 7

The temperature distribution with in the thermal boundary layer over a heated isothermal flat plate is given by  where TW and T are the temperatures of plate and free stream respectively, and y is the normal distance measured from the plate. The local Nusselt number based on the thermal boundary layer thickness δt is given by

[2007]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 7

Only (b) satisfies the conditions

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 8

For flow of fluid over a heated plate , the following fluid properties are known: viscosity = 0.001 Pa.s; specific heat at constant pressure = 1 kJ/kgK; thermal conductivity = 1 W/mK.
The hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness at a specified location on the plate is 1 mm. The thermal boundary layer thickness at the same location is

[2008]

 

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 8

Given:

 (Fluid thermal conductivity)
Hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness, δ = 1 mm

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 9

A pipe of 25 mm outer diameter carries steam. The heat transfer coefficient between the cylinder and surroundings is 5 W/m2K. It is proposed to reduce the heat loss from the pipe by adding insulation having a thermal conductivity of 0.05 W/mK. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

[2011]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 9

Critical radius of insulation = (k/h)
 = 10mm
(router) > rcritical
Thus, adding insulation shall decrease H.T. Rate.

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 10

The ratios of the laminar hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness to thermal boundary layer thickness of flows of two fluids P and Q on a flat plate are 1/2 and 2 respectively. The Reynolds number based on the plate length for both the flows is 104. The Prandtl and Nusselt numbers for P are 1/8 and 35 respectively. The Prandlt and Nusselt numbers for Q are respectively

[2011]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 10


For fluid Q : 
⇒ Pr = 8
For fluid P :  Laminar flow over flat plate

Similarly for fluid Q:

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 11

Consider a two-dimensional laminar flow over a long cylinder as shown in the figure below.

The free stream velocity is U and the freestream temperature T is lower than the cylinder surface temperature T. The local heat transfer coefficient is minimum at point

[2014]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 11

For laminar flow, the heat transfer coefficient is minimum where the boundary layer thickness is maximum and vice versa. For turbulentregion boundary layer thickness is maximum at 3 but for laminar boundary layer thickness is maximum at 2 so minimum heat transfer coefficient.

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 12

The non-dimensional fluid temperature profile near the surface of a convectively cooled flat plate is given by   where y is measured perpendicular to the plate, L is the plate length, and a, b and c are arbitrary constants. TW and T are wall and ambient temperatures, respectively. If the thermal conductivity of the fluid is k and the wall heat flux is q', the Nusselt number Nu  is equal to

[2014]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 12


at y = 0

∴ Nu = b.

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 13

For flow of viscous fluid over a flat plate, if the fluid temperature is the same as the plate temperature, the thermal boundary layer is

[2015]

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 14

The Blausius equation related to boundary layer theory is a

[2015]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 14

Blausius equation :

This order non-linear D.E.

Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 15

For flow through a pipe of radius R, the velocity and temperature distribution are as follows:  where C1 and C2 are constants. The bulk temperature is given by  with Um being the mean velocity of flow. The value of Tm is

[2015]

Detailed Solution for Past Year Questions: Heat Transfer In Flow Over Plates And Pipes - Question 15


Since u(r, x) is constant, um = C1
∴ tm = 0.6C2

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