Conduction I

Problem Set 1 1 A 2-cm diameter brass rod is attached to a 4-cm wide, 2-cm thick, and 30-cm high rectangular, type 302 stainless steel plate. The free end of the brass rod is heated with a 2-W heating element. all the power input to the heating element is transferred to the brass rod. If the temperature of the stainless steel plate 2 cm from the edge of the plate, as shown in the figure, is 40 oC, what is the temperature of the outer surface of the stainless steel plate? All surfaces of the plate, except those with the dimensions of 4 cm 2 cm, are perfectly insulated. (38.3 oC)

Figure P1 2 One method of measuring the thermal conductivity of a material is to heat a material of known conductivity in contact with a specimen of the material whose conductivity is to be determined. The specimens in a particular case are cylindrical pieces, each 2-cm in diameter. Thermocouples are located as shown. Material A is stainless steel with a thermal conductivity of 15.2 W/m K. In the experiment T 1 = 105 o C T 4 = 62.1 o C T 2 = 98 o C T 5 = 58.6 o C T 3 = 91 o C

(60.8 W/m K)
Figure P2 3 In Problem 2, for specimen A, which is used as a standard piece to determine the thermal conductivity of other materials, great care is taken to locate the thermocouples, which may be taken to be exactly 1-cm apart. In preparing the specimens whose thermal conductivities are to be determined, it is suspected that the spacing of the thermocouples may be off by 0.5 mm. What are the limits of the thermal conductivity of the material B? Given that a thermocouple can be located within 0.5 mm of the intended location, what is your recommendation to reduce the uncertainty in the measurement of the conductivity?

Engineering Heat Transfer

4 The circular edge of a thin metallic diaphragm of thickness t, is attached to a heavy block of metal, which is maintained at a uniform temperature TR. A uniform heat flux of q'' is imposed on one surface of the diaphragm and the opposite surface is perfectly insulated. (a) Derive the differential equation for the Figure P4 one-dimensional temperature distribution in the diaphragm. (b) Find the functional relationship between the temperature Tc , at the center of the diaphragm, the temperature of the metal blocks, TR, and the heat flux. 5 A frustum of a right circular aluminum cone has end surfaces of 5-cm and 8-cm diameter and is 10-cm long. One end surface is at 80 oC and the other at 30 oC. The heat transfer rate from the conical surface is negligible. Determine the temperature as a function of x, x being the axial Figure P5 distance (see figure), and the heat transfer rate. It will be convenient to choose the apex of the cone as the origin.(372.4 W) 6 To estimate the thermal conductivity of a material, two very long rods of the same diameter, one of brass of known thermal conductivity and the other whose thermal conductivity is to be determined, are attached to a plate. The measured steady state temperatures at two points in each rod are shown in the figure. Determine the unknown thermal conductivity. Assume that the surface heat transfer coefficients associated with the two rods are the same. Figure P6 (78.9 W/m K) 7 Derive the differential equation for the temperature distribution in an annular fin of d dT 2rh constant thickness. r -------- ( T T ) = 0 d r d r kt