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CHE 313 Assignment 1

1. In a particular application involving airflow over a heated surface,

the boundary layer temperature distribution may be approximated
as
T T s
y
=1exp Pr
T T s

where y

is the distance normal to the surface and the Prandtl

number,

Pr=c p / k =0.7

T =400 K

T s=300 K

, is a dimensionless fluid property. If

/ =5000 m1 , what is the surface

, and

heat flux?

2. Water flows at a velocity

=1 m / s

over a flat plate of length

L=0.6 m . Consider two cases, one for which the water temperature

is approximately

300 K

temperature of

350 K . In the laminar and turbulent regions,

and the other for an approximate water

experimental measurements show

coefficients are well described by
0.5

hlam ( x )=C lam x

where x

0.2

hturb ( x ) =Cturb x

has units of
1.5

m . At

300 K ,
1.8

Clam ,300 =395 W / m K C turb , 300=2330W / m K

while at

that

350 K ,

Clam ,300 =477 W / m1.5 K C turb ,300 =3600 W / m1.8 K

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As is evident, the constant,

C , depends on the nature of the flow

as well as the water temperature because of the thermal

dependence of various properties of the fluid.
Assuming steady-state conditions and the laminar to turbulent flow
transition occurs at a critical Reynolds number of Re x,c = 5 x105,
Determine the mean convection coefficient, h , over the entire
plate for the two water temperatures.

3. Experimental results for heat transfer over a flat plate with an

extremely rough surface were found to be correlated by an
expression of the form
1/3
N u x =0.04 0.9
x Pr

where

N ux

is the local value of the Nusselt number at a position

x measured from the leading edge of the plate. Obtain an

expression for the ratio of the average heat transfer coefficient h
to the local coefficient

hx

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Note the properties data from the textbook Appendix I might
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