ME2251Theory&DerivationQuestions

UNITI
CONDUCTION
1. Explainthecombinedmechanismofheattransfer.
2. DerivethegeneraldifferentialequationofheatconductioninCartesiancoordinates.
3. Derivethegeneraldifferentialequationofheatconductionincylindricalcoordinates.
4. Explainaboutcriticalthicknessorcriticalradiusofinsulationandderiveanexpressionforthesame.
5. Derivethegoverningdifferentialequationforheatflowthrougharectangularlongfin.
6. Derivethegoverningdifferentialequationforheatflowthrougharectangularfinwithendinsulation.
7. Derivethegoverningdifferentialequationforheatflowthrougharectangularfinwithconvectionatends.
8. Deriveanexpressionfortemperaturedistributionacrossasystemundergoinglumpedheatanalysis.
UNITII
CONVECTION
9. Withaneatsketch,explaintheconceptofboundarylayerformationwhilefluidflowsoveraflatplate.
10. Withaneatsketch,explaintheconceptofboundarylayerformationwhilefluidflowsthroughapipe.
11. TheforcedconvectionheattransfercoefficientdependsonthetubediameterD,fluiddensity,fluidvelocity
U,fluidviscosity,specificheatCp,thermalconductivityk.Deriveanexpressionforforcedconvectionheat
transferflowthroughapipeusingBuckhinghamtheorem.
12. ThefreeconvectionheattransfercoefficientdependsonthelengthL,fluiddensity,fluidviscosity,Fluid
heatcapacityCp,thermalconductivityk,fluidcoefficientofthermalexpansion,gravitationalaccelerationg,
temperature difference T. Derive an expression for free convection heat transfer flow over a vertical flat
plate,usingBuckhinghamtheorem.
UNITIII
PHASECHANGEHEATTRANSFERANDHEATEXCHANGERS

13. Explainthevariouspoolboilingregimesatatmosphericpressure.
14. Explainthevariousflowboilingregimesatatmosphericpressure.
15. DeriveanexpressionforLMTDofaparallelflowheatexchanger.
16. DeriveanexpressionforLMTDofacounterlflowheatexchanger
17. DeriveanexpressionforNTUofaheatexchanger.
18. Deriveanexpressionforeffectivenessofparallelflowheatexchanger.
19. Deriveanexpressionforeffectivenessofcounterflowheatexchanger.
UNITIV
RADIATION
20. Writeshortnotesonabsorption,reflectionandtransmission
21. Explaintheconceptofblackbody.
22. State:a.Plancksdistributionlaw,b.Wiensdisplacementlaw,c.StefanBoltzmannlaw
23. WriteshortnotesonKirchhoffslaw
24. Deriveanexpressionforequivalentemissivityforradiationexchangebetweensmallgraybodies.
25. Deriveanexpressionforequivalentemissivityforradiationexchangebetweenlargeparallelgraybodies.
26. Deriveanexpressionforradiantheattransferratebetweentwolargeinfinitelylargeparallelplatesseparated
bynshields.
UNITV
MASSTRANSFER
27. ExplaintheFickslawofdiffusion
28. Derivethegeneraldifferentialequationformasstransferofanyspecies.
29. Explain equimolar counter diffusion in gases, steady state diffusion through stationary media, steady state
diffusionthroughastagnantgasfilm.
30. Discussbrieflytheanalogybetweenheatandmasstransfer.
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Dept.ofMech.Engg.

ME2251/HMT