SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES

IIT BHUBANESWAR
HEAT TRANSFER (ME3L001)
Tutorial Sheet – 4
Topic : Unsteady Heat Conduction

[1] The steel ball bearing (k = 50 W/m K and  = 1.3 X 10- 5 m2/s), 40 mm in diameter are heated to a
temperature of 650 0C. It is then quenched in a oil bath at 50 0C, where the heat transfer coefficient is
estimated to be 300 W/m2K. Calculate (a) the time required for bearing to reach 200 0C, (b) the total
amount of heat removed from a bearing during this time and (c) the instantaneous heat transfer rate
from the bearings, when they are first immersed in oil bath and when they reach 200 0C.
[2] An ordinary egg can be approximated as a 5-cm-diameter sphere. The egg is initially at a uniform
temperature of 5°C and is dropped into boiling water at 95°C. Taking the convection heat transfer
coefficient to be h = 1200 W/m2 · °C, determine how long it will take for the center of the egg to reach
70°C.
[3] In a production facility, large brass plates of 4 cm thickness that are initially at a uniform temperature
of 20°C are heated by passing them through an oven that is maintained at 500°C. The plates remain in
the oven for a period of 7 min. Taking the combined convection and radiation heat transfer coefficient
to be h = 120 W/m2 °C, determine the surface temperature of the plates when they come out of the
oven.
[4] A long 20-cm-diameter cylindrical shaft made of stainless steel 304 comes out of an oven at a uniform
temperature of 600°C. The shaft is then allowed to cool slowly in an environment chamber at 200°C
with an average heat transfer coefficient of h = 80 W/m2 °C. Determine the temperature at the center
of the shaft 45 min after the start of the cooling process. Also, determine the heat transfer per unit
length of the shaft during this time period.
[5] To warm up some milk for a baby, a mother pours milk into a thin-walled glass whose diameter is 6
cm. The height of the milk in the glass is 7 cm. She then places the glass into a large pan filled with hot
water at 60°C. The milk is stirred constantly, so that its temperature is uniform at all times. If the heat
transfer coefficient between the water and the glass is 120 W/m2 °C, determine how long it will take
for the milk to warm up from 3°C to 38°C. Take the properties of the milk to be the same as those of
water. Can the milk in this case be treated as a lumped system? Why?
[6] Carbon steel balls ( = 7833 kg/m3, k = 54 W/m °C, Cp = 0.465 kJ/kg · °C, and  = 1.474 X 10- 6 m2/s) 8
mm in diameter are annealed by heating them first to 900°C in a furnace and then allowing them to
cool slowly to 100°C in ambient air at 35°C. If the average heat transfer coefficient is 75 W/m2 °C,
determine how long the annealing process will take. If 2500 balls are to be annealed per hour,
determine the total rate of heat transfer from the balls to the ambient air.

[7] Two plastic sheets (k = 0.232 W/m-K, C = 1.674 kJ/kg-K,  = 1300 kg/m3), each 5 mm thick are to be
bonded together with a thin layer of adhesive which fuses at 140 0C. To perform this process, they are
pressed between two surfaces at 250 0C. Find the time required for which the sheets should be pressed
together to complete the process. The initial temperature of sheets is 30 0C. Assume perfect contact
and neglect resistance of adhesive. Derive the formula used.