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DB Assignment 1A

The document contains a series of problems related to heat transfer and fluid dynamics involving air and engine oil flowing over heated flat plates. Each problem provides specific conditions such as temperature, velocity, and physical properties of the fluids, and requires calculations for heat transfer rates, drag forces, and heat transfer coefficients. The problems cover various scenarios including different plate lengths, temperatures, and fluid properties.

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DB Assignment 1A

The document contains a series of problems related to heat transfer and fluid dynamics involving air and engine oil flowing over heated flat plates. Each problem provides specific conditions such as temperature, velocity, and physical properties of the fluids, and requires calculations for heat transfer rates, drag forces, and heat transfer coefficients. The problems cover various scenarios including different plate lengths, temperatures, and fluid properties.

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1. Air at 27℃ and 1 𝑎𝑡𝑚 flows over a heated flat plate with a velocity of 4 𝑚⁄𝑠.

The plate is
at uniform temperature of 65℃. Calculate the heat transfer rate from (i) first 0.3 𝑚 of the plate,
and (ii) first 0.5 𝑚 of the plate. Assume the properties of air at the mean film temperature as:
𝜈 = 17.36 × 10−6 𝑚2 ⁄𝑠 , 𝑘𝑓 = 0.02749 𝑊 ⁄𝑚𝐾 , 𝑃𝑟 = 0.71, 𝑐𝑝 = 1.006 𝑘𝐽⁄𝑘𝑔𝐾

2. Engine oil at 55℃ flows over a 6 𝑚 long flat plate whose temperature is 25℃. The free-
stream velocity is 2 𝑚⁄𝑠. Determine the total drag force and the rate of heat transfer per unit
width of the entire plate. The properties of air at film temperature of 40℃: 𝜌 =
876 𝑘𝑔⁄𝑚3 , 𝑘 = 0.144 𝑊 ⁄𝑚. 𝐾 , 𝑃𝑟 = 2870, 𝜈 = 242 × 10−6. The averaged friction
coefficient and the Nusselt number over the entire isothermal plate for laminar regime are:
𝑁𝑢 = 0.664 𝑅𝑒𝐿0.5 𝑃𝑟 0.33 (𝑃𝑟 ≥ 0.6) and 𝐶𝑓 = 1.328 𝑅𝑒𝐿−0.5

3. A heat-treated steel plate measures 3𝑚 × 1𝑚 and is initially at 30℃. It is then cooled by


blowing air over both sides parallel to the 1𝑚 edge at 9 𝑘𝑚⁄ℎ𝑟. If the air is at 10℃, calculate
the heat transfer rate from both sides of the plate. Take the following properties of air at 20℃:
𝑘 = 0.0259 𝑊 ⁄𝑚𝐾 ; 𝜈 = 15.06 × 10−6 𝑚2 ⁄𝑠 ; 𝑃𝑟 = 0.703
For 𝑅𝑒 < 5 × 105 , use the correlation 𝑁𝑢 = 0.664𝑅𝑒 0.5 𝑃𝑟 0.33 .

4. Air at atmospheric pressure and 200℃ flows over a plate with a velocity of 5 𝑚⁄𝑠. The plate
is 15 𝑚𝑚 wide and is maintained at a temperature of 120℃. Calculate (i) the thickness of the
thermal boundary layer and (ii) the local heat transfer coefficient at a distance of 0.5 𝑚 from
the leading edge. Assume that flow is on one side of the plate.
Take the following properties of air:
𝜌 = 0.815 𝑘𝑔⁄𝑚3 , 𝑘 = 0.0364 𝑊 ⁄𝑚℃ ; 𝜇 = 24.5 × 10−6 𝑁𝑠⁄𝑚2 ; 𝑃𝑟 = 0.7

5. Air at a temperature of 30℃ flows over a flat plate with a speed of 1.8 𝑚⁄𝑠. The flat surface
has a sharp leading edge and its total length equals 750 𝑚𝑚. Calculate (i) the average drag
coefficient (ii) the average shear stress and (iii) the ratio of the average shear stress to the shear
stress at the trailing edge.
Properties of air at the film temperature:
𝜌 = 1.165 𝑘𝑔⁄𝑚3 ; 𝜇 = 18.68 × 10−6 𝑁𝑠⁄𝑚2 ; 𝜈 = 16 × 10−6 𝑚2 ⁄𝑠
6. Air at a temperature of 30℃ and at 1 𝑏𝑎𝑟 pressure flows over a flat plate at a speed
of 2.2 𝑚⁄𝑠. The plate surface temperature is 90℃. The length and the width of the plate
is 900 𝑚𝑚 and 450 𝑚𝑚 respectively. Calculate the heat transfer rate from (i) first half of the
plate (ii) next half of the plate.
Take the following properties of air at the mean bulk temperature 60℃:
𝜌 = 1.06 𝑘𝑔⁄𝑚3 ; 𝜈 = 18.97 × 10−6 𝑚2 ⁄𝑠 ; 𝑃𝑟 = 0.696; 𝑘 = 0.02894 𝑊 ⁄𝑚℃

7. Air flows over a heated flat plate at a speed of 50 𝑚⁄𝑠. The local skin coefficient at a point
on the plate is 0.004. Using the Reynolds-Colburn analogy, estimate the local heat transfer
coefficient at this point.
Take the following properties of air:
𝜌 = 0.88 𝑘𝑔⁄𝑚3 ; 𝜇 = 2.286 × 10−5 𝑁𝑠⁄𝑚2 ; 𝑐𝑝 = 4.178 𝑘𝐽⁄𝑘𝑔℃ ; 𝑘 = 0.035 𝑊 ⁄𝑚℃

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