ME 642

Convective Heat and Mass Transfer

Home Assignment 5
28th January 2019
Marks: 25 Due Date: 1st February 2019

(1) Consider atmospheric air at Uꚙ = 2 m/s and Tꚙ = 300 K in parallel flow over
an isothermal flat plate of length L = 1 m and temperature, TW =350 K.
(a) Compute the local convection coefficient at the leading and trailing edges
of the heated plate without an unheated starting length.
(b) Compute the local convection coefficient at the leading and trailing edges
of the heated plate with an unheated starting length, xo = 1 m.
(c) Plot the variation of local convection coefficient over the plate (hx versus
(x-xo)) with (xo = 1 m) and without an unheated starting length. Comment
on the results. [15]

(2) Air at 20 oC and atmospheric pressure flows over a flat plate 100 cm length
and 30 cm in width at a velocity of 6 m/s. Calculate the total heat transfer rate
from the plate to the air for the following cases:
(a) The plate is maintained isothermal over the entire length at a temperature
of 140 oC.
(b) The plate has unheated section at both ends, each 25 cm in length and
the heated section of 50 cm long is maintained at 140 oC.

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