Worksheet for chapter three

1. Consider a 4-m-high, 6-m-wide, and 0.3-m-thick brick wall whose thermal

conductivity is k = 0.8 W/m · °C. On a certain day, the temperatures of the inner
and the outer surfaces of the wall are measured to be 14°C and 6°C, respectively.
Determine the rate of heat loss through the wall on that day.

2. Consider a 1.2-m-high and 2-m-wide glass window whose thickness is 6 mm and

thermal conductivity is k= 0.78 W/m · °C. Determine the steady rate of heat
transfer through this glass window and the temperature of its inner surface for a
day during which the room is maintained at 24°C while the temperature of the
outdoors is -5°C. Take the convection heat transfer coefficients on the inner and
outer surfaces of the window to be h1 = 10 W/m2 · °C and h2 = 25 W/m2 · °C,
and disregard any heat transfer by radiation.

3. Consider a 1.2-m-high and 2-m-wide double-pane window consisting of two 3-

mm-thick layers of glass (k= 0.78 W/m · °C) separated by a 12-mm-wide stagnant
air space (k= 0.026 W/m · °C). Determine the steady rate of heat transfer through
this double-pane window and the temperature of its inner surface for a day
during which the room is maintained at 24°C while the temperature of the
outdoors is 5°C. Take the convection heat transfer coefficients on the inner and
outer surfaces of the window to be h1= 10 W/m2 · °C and h2= 25 W/m2 · °C, and
disregard any heat transfer by radiation.
Answers: 114 W, 19.2°C

4. A 4-m-high and 6-m-wide wall consists of a long 18-cm *30-cm cross section of
horizontal bricks (k =0.72 W/m · °C) separated by 3-cm-thick plaster layers (k =
0.22 W/m · °C). There are also 2-cm-thick plaster layers on each side of the wall,
 and a 2-cm-thick rigid foam (k = 0.026 W/m · °C) on the inner side of the wall. The
indoor and the outdoor temperatures are 22°C and 4°C, and the convection heat
transfer coefficients on the inner and the outer sides are h1 =10 W/m2 · °C and
h2= 20 W/m2 · °C, respectively.
Assuming one-dimensional heat transfer and disregarding radiation, determine
the rate of heat transfer through the wall.

5. A 12-m-long and 5-m-high wall is constructed of two layers of 1-cm-thick

sheetrock (k= 0.17 W/m · °C) spaced 12 cm by wood studs (k = 0.11 W/m · °C)
whose cross section is 12 cm 5 cm. The studs are placed vertically 60 cm apart,
and the space between them is filled with fiberglass insulation (k = 0.034 W/m
· °C). The house is maintained at 20°C and the ambient temperature outside is
5°C. Taking the heat transfer coefficients at the inner and outer surfaces of the
house to be 8.3 and 34 W/m2 · °C, respectively, determine (a) the thermal
resistance of the wall considering a representative section of it and (b) the rate
of heat transfer through the wall.

6. Consider an 18-cm 18-cm multilayer circuit board dissipating 27 W of heat. The

board consists of four layers of 0.2-mm-thick copper (k =386 W/m · °C) and three
layers of1.5-mm-thick epoxy glass (k = 0.26 W/m · °C) sandwiched together, as
shown in the figure. The circuit board is attached to a heat sink from both ends,
and the temperature of the board at those ends is 35°C. Heat is considered to be
uniformly generated in the epoxy layers of the board at a rate of 0.5 W per 1-cm
18-cm epoxy laminate strip (or 1.5 W per 1-cm 18-cm strip of the board).
Considering only a portion of the board because of symmetry, determine the
magnitude and location of the maximum temperature that occurs in the board.
Assume heat transfer from the top and bottom faces of the board to be
 negligible.

7. A 4-m-high and 6-m-long wall is constructed of two large 2-cm-thick steel plates
(k =15 W/m · °C) separated by 1-cm-thick and 20-cm-wide steel bars placed 99
cm apart. The remaining space between the steel plates is filled with fiberglass
insulation (k =0.035 W/m · °C). If the temperature difference between the inner
and the outer surfaces of the walls is 22°C, determine the rate of heat transfer
through the wall. Can we ignore the steel bars between the plates in heat transfer
analysis since they occupy only 1 percent of the heat transfer surface area?

8. Consider a 5-m-high, 8-m-long, and 0.22-m-thick wall whose representative cross

section is as given in the figure. The thermal conductivities of various materials
used, in W/m · °C, are kA= kF= 2, kB = 8, kC= 20, kD= 15, and kE= 35. The left
and right surfaces of the wall are maintained at uniform temperatures of 300°C
and 100°C, respectively. Assuming heat transfer through the wall to be one-
dimensional, determine (a) the rate of heat transfer through the wall; (b) the
temperature at the point where the sections B, D, and E meet; and (c) the
temperature drop across the section F. Disregard any contact resistances at the
interfaces.