Questions from Thermal Fluid Science


Q: Consider a 3-m-high, 6-m-

Consider a 3-m-high, 6-m-wide, and 0.25-m-thick brick wall whose thermal conductivity is k = 0.8 W/m⋅K. On a certain day, the temperatures of the inner and the outer surfaces of the wall are measured...

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Q: Consider a person standing in a room at 20°C with

Consider a person standing in a room at 20°C with an exposed surface area of 1.7 m2. The deep body temperature of the human body is 37°C, and the thermal conductivity of the human tissue near the skin...

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Q: Consider an electrically heated brick house (k = 0.40

Consider an electrically heated brick house (k = 0.40 Btu/h⋅ft⋅°F) whose walls are 9 ft high and 1 ft thick. Two of the walls of the house are 50 ft long...

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Q: A 12-cm × 18-cm circuit board houses on

A 12-cm × 18-cm circuit board houses on its surface 100 closely spaced logic chips, each dissipating 0.06 W in an environment at 40°C. The heat transfer from the back surface of the board is negligibl...

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Q: Water is boiling in a 25-cm-diameter aluminum pan

Water is boiling in a 25-cm-diameter aluminum pan (k = 237 W/m⋅K) at 95°C. Heat is transferred steadily to the boiling water in the pan through its 0.5-cm-thick flat bottom at a rate of 800 W. If the...

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Q: A cylindrical resistor element on a circuit board dissipates 0.15

A cylindrical resistor element on a circuit board dissipates 0.15 W of power in an environment at 35°C. The resistor is 1.2 cm long and has a diameter of 0.3 cm. Assuming heat to be transferred unifor...

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Q: Consider heat conduction through a plane wall. Does the energy content

Consider heat conduction through a plane wall. Does the energy content of the wall change during steady heat conduction? How about during transient conduction? Explain.

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Q: Consider a power transistor that dissipates 0.15 W of power

Consider a power transistor that dissipates 0.15 W of power in an environment at 30°C. The transistor is 0.4 cm long and has a diameter of 0.5 cm. Assuming heat to be transferred uniformly...

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Q: A 2-kg rock is thrown upward with a force of

A 2-kg rock is thrown upward with a force of 200 N at a location where the local gravitational acceleration is 9.79 m/s2. Determine the acceleration of the rock, in m/s2.

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Q: The water in a large lake is to be used to generate

The water in a large lake is to be used to generate electricity by the installation of a hydraulic turbine–generator at a location where the depth of the water is 50 m. Water is to be supplied at a ra...

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