ME 642

Convective Heat and Mass Transfer

Home Assignment 3
18th January 2019
Marks: 20 Due Date: 23rd January 2019

(1) A stream of 20 oC water enters a duct, the wall temperature of which is uniform and equal
to 50 oC. The inlet velocity is 5 cm/s. The duct cross section is a 20 cm × 20 cm square.
Assume that the thickness of the boundary layer at the inner surface of the duct is much
smaller than 20 cm, and calculate:
(a) the local heat transfer coefficient at x = 1m downstream from the mouth,
(b) the total heat transfer rate between the duct section of length x = 1m and the water
stream, and
(c) the velocity boundary layer thickness (δ) at x = 1m. Verify in this way the validity of
the assumption that δ is much smaller than the duct width.

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(2) An isothermal flat strip is swept by a parallel stream of water with a temperature of 20 oC
and a free-stream velocity of 0.5 m/s. The width of the strip, L = 1 cm, is parallel to the
flow. The temperature difference between the strip and the free stream is ΔT = 1◦C.
Calculate the L-averaged shear stress τ and the L-averaged heat flux q” between the
strip and the water flow.

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