311 Heat Transfer Fall2012

Homework # 2
Due: 11.10.2012 Thursday
1)Consider two dimensional steady state heat conduction problem for a rectangular plate
0 and 0 for the following situations.

a) Plate is electrically heated at a rate of q
o
W/m
2


y and x=0
b) Plate is kept at constant temperature of T
0


y and x=a
c) Plate is insulated at

x and y=0
d) Plate is exposed to a fluid at temperature T

and h at

x and y=b







Thermal conductivity of plate is constant and there is no heat generation in the solid. Write the
heat diffusion equation and boundary conditions to determine two dimensional, steady state
temperature distrubition within the plate.

2- Under steady-state conditions temperature distribution of a cylndrical rod (50mm diameter) is
given as T(r)= a+br
2
where a= 800
o
C and b= -4.167x10
5

o
C/m
2
and r is in meters. Uniform
internal heat generation is occuring at a rate of = 5x10
7
W/m
3
. Properties of the cylinder:
k=30W/mK =1100 kg/m
3
C
p
=800 J/kgK
a)What is the rate of heat transfer per unit length of the rod at the centeline (r=0) and at the
surface (r=25mm)?
b) if heat generation is increased to

=10
8
W/m
3
what is the initial time rate of temperature
change ? (answer

x

y
0
b
a