For the fluid flowing over a flat plate with Prandtl number greater than unity, the thermal boundary layer for laminar forced convection.
[1988]
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]
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
The Blausius equation related to boundary layer theory is a
[2015]
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]