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ME341-A

611 During air cooling of oranges, grapefruit, and tangelos, the heat transfer coefficient

for combined convection, radiation, and evaporation for air velocities of 0.11< V < 0.33

1/3
m/s is determined experimentally and is expressed as h = 5.05 kair Re /D , where the

diameter D is the characteristic length. Oranges are cooled by refrigerated air at 5C

and 1 atm at a velocity of 0.5 m/s. Determine (a) the initial rate of heat transfer

from a 7-cm-diameter orange initially at 15C with a thermal conductivity of 0.50

W/m.C, (b) the value of the initial temperature gradient inside the orange at the

surface, and (c) the value of the Nusselt number.

618C What is the physical significance of the Prandtl number? Does the value of the

Prandtl number depend on the type of flow or the flow geometry? Does the Prandtl

number of air change with pressure? Does it change with temperature?

6-37 Oil flow in a journal bearing can be treated as parallel flow between two large

isothermal plates with one plate moving at a constant velocity of 12 m/s and the other

stationary. Consider such a flow with a uniform spacing of 0.7 mm between the plates.

The temperatures of the upper and lower plates are 40C and 15C, respectively. By

simplifying and solving the continuity, momentum, and energy equations, determine (a)
the velocity and temperature distributions in the oil, (b) the maximum temperature and

where it occurs, and (c) the heat flux from the oil to each plate.

6-39 A 6-cm-diameter shaft rotates at 3000 rpm in a 20-cm long bearing with a uniform

clearance of 0.2 mm. At steady operating conditions, both the bearing and the shaft in

the vicinity of the oil gap are at 50C, and the viscosity and thermal conductivity of

lubricating oil are 0.05 N-s/m2 and 0.17 W/m-K. By simplifying and solving the

continuity, momentum, and energy equations, determine (a) the maximum temperature

of oil, (b) the rates of heat transfer to the bearing and the shaft, and (c) the mechanical

power wasted by the viscous dissipation in the oil.

6-53 Consider an airplane cruising at an altitude of 10 km where standard atmospheric

conditions are -50C and 26.5 kPa at a speed of 800 km/h. Each wing of the airplane can

be modeled as a 25-m x 3-m flat plate, and the friction coefficient of the wings is 0.0016.

Using the momentum-heat transfer analogy, determine the heat transfer coefficient for

the wings at cruising conditions.