Division of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Institute of Technology, University

of Moratuwa

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Tutorial 8 – Heat Transfer Applied Thermodynamics II ME2402
Module Leader Mrs. NV Kularathne

1. A composite wall having three layers of thickness 0.3 m, 0.2 m and 0.1 m and of thermal
conductivities 0.6, 0.4 and 0.1 W/mK, respectively, is having surface area 1 m2. If the
inner and outer temperatures of the composite wall are 1840 K and 340 K, respectively,
What is the rate of heat transfer?

2. A composite wall of a furnace has 3 layers of equal thickness having thermal

conductivities in the ratio of 1:2:4. What will be the temperature drop ratio across the
three respective layers?

3. What is the heat lost per hour across a wall 4 m high, 10 m long and 115 mm thick, if the
inside wall temperature is 30°C and outside ambient temperature is 10°C? Conductivity
of brick wall is 1.15 W/mK, heat transfer coefficient for inside wall is 2.5 W/m2K and that
for outside wall is 4 W/m2K.

4. A composite wall is made of two layers of thickness σ1 and σ2 having thermal

conductivities k and 2k and equal surface areas normal to the direction of heat flow. The
outer surfaces of the composite wall are at 100°C and 200°C respectively. The heat
transfer takes place only by conduction and the required surface temperature at the
junction is 150°C
What will be the ratio of their thicknesses, σ1: σ2?

5. (i) A composite hollow sphere with steady internal heating is made of 2 layers of
materials of equal thickness with thermal conductivities in the ratio of 1:2 for
inner to outer layers. Ratio of inside to outside diameter is 0.8.
What is ratio of temperature drop across the inner and outer layers?

(ii) A hollow sphere has inner and outer surface areas of 2 m2 and 8 m2
respectively. For a given temperature difference across the surfaces, the heat
flow is to be calculated considering the material of the sphere as a plane wall of
the same thickness.
What is the equivalent mean area normal to the direction of heat flow?

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