Questions from Thermal Fluid Science


Q: A 12-m-long and 5-m-high

A 12-m-long and 5-m-high wall is constructed of two layers of 1-cm-thick sheetrock (k = 0.17 W/m⋅K) spaced 16 cm by wood studs (k = 0.11 W/m⋅K) whose cross section is 16 cm × 5 cm. The studs are place...

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Q: Oxy-fuel combustion power plants use pulverized coal particles as fuel

Oxy-fuel combustion power plants use pulverized coal particles as fuel to burn in a pure oxygen environment to generate electricity. Before entering the furnace, pulverized spherical coal particles wi...

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Q: A 10-in-thick, 30-ft-long

A 10-in-thick, 30-ft-long, and 10-ft-high wall is to be constructed using 9-in-long solid bricks (k = 0.40 Btu/hâ‹…ft⋅°F) of cross section 7in Ã...

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Q: Plasma spraying is a process used for coating a material surface with

Plasma spraying is a process used for coating a material surface with a protective layer to prevent the material from degradation. In a plasma spraying process, the protective layer in powder form is...

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Q: Consider a 5-m-high, 8-m-

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/mâ‹…K, are...

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Q: Consider a spherical shell satellite with outer diameter of 4 m and

Consider a spherical shell satellite with outer diameter of 4 m and shell thickness of 10 mm that is reentering the atmosphere. The shell satellite is made of stainless steel with properties of ρ = 82...

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Q: In an experiment to measure convection heat transfer coefficients, a very

In an experiment to measure convection heat transfer coefficients, a very thin metal foil of very low emissivity (e.g., highly polished copper) is attached on the surface of a slab of material with ve...

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Q: Water is pumped from a lake to a storage tank 15 m

Water is pumped from a lake to a storage tank 15 m above at a rate of 70 L/s while consuming 15.4 kW of electric power. Disregarding any frictional losses in the pipes and any changes in kinetic energ...

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Q: In what medium is the lumped system analysis more likely to be

In what medium is the lumped system analysis more likely to be applicable: in water or in air? Why?

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Q: What is an infinitely long cylinder? When is it proper to

What is an infinitely long cylinder? When is it proper to treat an actual cylinder as being infinitely long, and when is it not?

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