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MAE 3440 Lecture 04 Examples
MAE 3440 Lecture 04 Examples
MAE 3440 Lecture 04 Examples
1. A composite plane wall is made of two materials. Material A has a thermal conductivity of kA =
10 W/m-K and material B has a thermal conductivity of kB = 1 W/m-K. The thickness of both mate-
rials in the x-direction is L = 0.1 m and the cross-sectional area is A = 1 m2 . The left side of material
A (at x = 0) is maintained at TH = 300 K and the right side of material B (x = 2L) is maintained
at TC = 100 K. Calculate the heat transfer rate through the composite wall, the temperature at the
interface between materials A and B, and sketch the temperature distribution within each material.
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2. We will now repeat the last problem, but instead of the materials being in series, we have placed them
in parallel. In this case the left side of both materials (x = 0) is maintained at TH = 300 K and the
right side of both materials (x = L) is maintained at TC = 100 K. Calculate the heat transfer rate
through the composite wall and the heat transfer rate through the individual materials.