Problem No.

1
Water flows at a velocity u 1 m/s over a flat plate of length L 0.6 m. Consider two cases,
one for which the water temperature is approximately 300 K and the other for an
approximate water temperature of 350 K. In the laminar and turbulent regions,
experimental measurements show that the local convection coefficients are well
described by

while at 350 K,

As is evident, the constant C depends on the nature of the flow as well as the water
temperature because of the thermal dependence of various properties of the fluid.
Determine the average convection coefficient h, over the entire plate for the two water
temperatures.
Problem No.2

The temperature distribution within a laminar thermal boundary layer associated with flow
over an isothermal flat plate is shown in the sketch. The temperature distribution shown is
located at x- x2
.

(a) Is the plate being heated or cooled by the fluid?

(b) Carefully sketch the temperature distributions at x = x1 and x = x3. Based on your sketch,
at which of the three x-locations is the local heat flux largest? At which location is the local
heat flux smallest?
(c) As the free stream velocity increases, the velocity and thermal boundary layers both
become thinner. Carefully sketch the temperature distributions at x = x2 for (i) a low free
stream velocity and (ii) a high free stream velocity. Based on your sketch, which velocity
condition will induce the larger local convective heat flux?
Problem No.3
A plate of length 750 mm and width 250 mm has been placed longitudinally in a stream
of crude oil which flows with velocity of 5 m/s. If the oil has specific gravity of 0.8 an
kinematic viscosity of 1 stoke, calculate :
• Boundary layer thickness at the middle of plate
• shear stress at the middle of plate
• friction drag on one side of plate