Name: B.N.

Faculty of Engineering 3rd Year Metallurgical Engineering

Cairo University Heat Transfer MET 3080 Assignment #2

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A plane wall, initially at a uniform temperature, is

suddenly exposed to convective heating at x=L,
while the left side is perfectly insulated. Find:
(a) The differential equation, and
(b) Initial and boundary conditions which may be
used to find the temperature distribution, T(x,t).

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Consider the base plate of a 800 W household iron with a

thickness of L=0.6 cm, base area of A=160 cm2, and thermal
conductivity of k=20 W/(m· °C). The inner surface of the base
plate is subjected to uniform heat flux generated by the
resistance heaters inside. When steady operating conditions are
reached, the outer surface temperature of the plate is
measured to be 85 °C. Disregarding any heat loss through the
upper part of the iron.
(a) Express the differential equation and the boundary
conditions for steady one-dimensional heat
conduction through the plate,
(b) Obtain a relation for the variation of temperature in the base
plate by solving the differential equation, and
(c) Evaluate the inner surface temperature.

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Consider a large plane wall of thickness L=0.4 m, thermal conductivity k=2.3 W/(m · °C), and surface
area A=20 m2. The left side of the wall is maintained at a constant temperature of T1=80 °C while the
right side loses heat by convection to the surrounding air at T=15 °C with a heat transfer coefficient
of h=24 W/(m2· °C). Assuming constant thermal conductivity and no heat generation in
the wall.
(a) Express the differential equation and the boundary conditions for steady one-dimensional heat
conduction through the wall,
(b) Obtain a relation for variation of temperature in wall by solving the differential equation, and
(c) Evaluate the rate of heat transfer through the wall.

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Consider a large plane wall of thickness L=0.3 m, thermal

Conductivity k=2.5 W/(m · °C), and surface area A=12 m2.
The left side of the wall at x=0 is subjected to a net heat
flux of qo=700 W/m2 while the temperature at that surface is
measured to be T1=80 °C. Assuming constant thermal
conductivity and no heat generation in the wall.
(a) Express the differential equation and the boundary
conditions for steady one-dimensional heat conduction
through the wall,
(b) Obtain a relation for the variation of temperature in the
wall by solving the differential equation, and
(c) Evaluate the temperature of right surface of wall at x=L.
(d) Repeat your calculations for a heat flux of 950 W/m2 and
a surface temperature of 85 °C at the left surface at x=0.

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Consider a 20 cm thick large concrete plane wall (k=0.77 W/(m · °C)) subjected to convection on
both sides with T1=27 °C and h1= 5 W/(m2· °C) on the inside, and T2=8 °C and h2=12 W/(m2· °C)
on the outside. Assuming constant thermal conductivity with no heat generation and negligible
radiation.
(a) Express the differential equation and the boundary conditions for steady one-dimensional heat
conduction through the wall,
(b) Obtain a relation for variation of temperature in wall by solving the differential equation, and
(c) Evaluate the temperatures at the inner and outer surfaces of the wall.

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3 3
A plane wall, 10 cm thick, has internal thermal energy generation of 5 x 10 W/m . One side
of the wall is insulated (assume perfectly), the other exposed to an environment at 343K with
a convective heat transfer coefficient, h. The thermal conductivity of the wall is 0.17 W/(m.K)
and the maximum temperature of the wall is 623K. Determine the value of h. From the
magnitude of the value of h comment on the nature of the convective process.

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The rear window of an automobile is defogged by attaching a thin, transparent, film-type

heating element to its inner surface. By electrically heating this element, a uniform heat flux
may be established at the inner surface. What is the electrical power that must be provided
per unit window area to maintain an inner surface temperature of 15°C when the interior
air temperature and convection coefficient are 25°C and 10 W/(m2.K) and the exterior
(ambient) air temperature and convection coefficient are -10°C and 65 W/(m2.K)?
The window glass is 4 mm thick.

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Also, determine the temperatures between section 2 and 3, and between section 1 and 2.

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Consider a large plane wall of thickness L = 0.05 m. The wall surface at x= 0 is insulated,
while the surface at x=L is maintained at a temperature of 30°C. The thermal conductivity of
the wall is k = 30 W/(m.°C), and heat is generated in the wall at a rate of g·= g·o e-0.5x/L
where g·o = 8 x 106 W/m3. Assuming steady one-dimensional heat transfer,
(a) Express differential equation and boundary conditions for heat conduction through wall,
(b) Obtain a relation for variation of temperature in wall by solving differential equation, and
(c) Determine the temperature of the insulated surface of the wall.

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