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DHANALAKSHMI SRINIVASAN
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
ACADEMIC YEAR 2010 -11

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Model Exam
SEM/YEAR: VI / III Date:/0/2011
SUB CODE: AE 2024 Time: 3.00 hrs
SUB NAME: HEAT TRANSFER Max marks: 100

Part – A (10*2=20)
1. What is the significance of Biot Number.
2. What is meant by Lumped heat analysis and Semi-infinite solids.
3. Define Grashof number and Prandtl number.
4. Distinguish the Numerical techniques by conduction and convection.
5. Explain Reynolds Analogy for laminar flow.
6. Explain Planck´ s Distribution Law.
7. Define the effectiveness of the heat exchanger.
8. What is meant by NTU.
9. Why does an aerospace vehicle flying at high supersonic Mach number experience
aerodynamic heating in atmosphere?
10. Draw the temperature profile across a cooled rocket combustion chamber wall.

Part – B (5*16=80)
11.a)i) A steel pipe (K = 45.0 W/m.K) having a 0.05 m O.D is covered with a 0.042 m thick layer
of magnesia (K = 0.07 W/m.K) which in turn covered with a 0.024 m layer of fiberglass
insulation (K = 0.048 W/m.K). The pipe wall outside temperature is 370 K and the outside surface
temperature of the fiberglass is 305 K. What is the interfacial temperature between the magnesia
and fiberglass? Also calculate the steady state heat transfer.

ii) One end of a long rod, 35 mm in diameter, is inserted into a furnace with the other end
projecting in the outside air. After the steady state is reached the temperature of the rod is
measured at two points 180 mm apart and found to be 180° C and 145°C. The atmospheric air
temperature is 25°C. If the heat transfer coefficient is 65 W/m 2 0C, calculate the thermal
conductivity of the rod. (Assume the end of the fin is insulated).
(or)

b) i) What is meant by thermal contact resistance? Upon what parameters does this resistance
depend?
(ii) A wall 2 cm thick is to be constructed from material which has an average thermal
conductivity of 1.3 W/m.K. The wall is to be insulated with material having an average thermal
conductivity of 0.35 W/m.K, so that the heat loss per square meter will not exceed 1830 W.
Assuming that the inner and outer surface temperatures of the insulated wall are 1300°C and
30°C, calculate the thickness of insulation required.
12.a)Atmospheric air at 2° C and a free stream velocity of 20 m/s flows over a flate plate 1.5m
long that is maintained at a uniform temp.of 52°C . Calculate the average heat transfer coefficient
over the region where the boundary layer is laminar, the average heat transfer coefficient over the
entire length of the plate and the total heat transfer rate from the plate to the air over the length 1.5
m and width 1 m. Assume transition occurs at Rec =2×105.

(or)
b) i) For heating water from 20°C to 60 °C an electrically heated tube resulting in a constant heat
flux of 10 KW/m2 is proposed. The mass flow rate is to be such that Re D = 2000, and
consequently the flow must remain laminar. The tube inside diameter is 25 mm. The flow is fully
developed (Velocity profile). Determine the length of the tube required.

ii) A large vertical plate 5m height is maintained at 100° C and exposed to air at 30° C . calculate
the convective heat transfer coefficient.

13.a) Two rectangular plates are at right angle in following shown geometries . calculate the view
factor F1-2 for the given configuration.
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(or)

13.b)Emissivity of two large parallel plates maintained at 800°C and 300°C are 0.3 and 0.5
respectively.Find the net radiant heat exchange per square meter of the plates . If a polished
aluminium shield (ε = 0.05) is placed between them. Find the percentage of reduction in heat transfer.

14.a) A 1-shell-2tube pass steam condenser consists of 3000 brass tubes of 20mm diameter. Cooling
water enters the tubes at 20 ̊C with a mean flow rate of 3000 kg/s. The heat transfer coefficient for
condensation on the outer surface of the tubes is 15500 W/m2 K. If the heat load of the condenser is
2.3×10 8 W when the steam condensers at 50 ̊C determine

(a) the outlet temperature of the cooling water

(b) the overall heat transfer coefficient

(c)the tube length per pass using the NTU menthod

(d) the rate of condensation of steam if hfg=2380 kj/kg.

(or)

14.b) i) Draw the temperature distribution curve of the fluids in the single pass parallel flow heat
exchanger and single pass counter flow heat exchanger.

ii) The overall temperature rise of the cold fluid in a cross flow beat exchanger is 20°C and overall
temperature drop of hot fluid is 30 °C. The effectiveness of heat exchanger is 0.6. The heat exchanger
area is1 m2 and overall heat transfer coefficient is 60 W/m 2 0C. Find out the rate of heat transfer.
Assume both fluids are unmixed.

15.a) i) Describe the working principle of the Gas turbine combustion chamber.

ii) How are the rocket thrust chambers classified, and explain anyone of the thrust chamber?
(Or)

15.b) i) Explain how the high speed flow heat transfer differs from normal heat transfer.

ii) Write short notes on the aerodynamic heating.