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ME3122 Heat Transfer

Tutorial CV1 Forced Convection I


1. A plate maintained at a constant temperature, T
w
, is being cooled by a fluid at temperature T

,
flowing along it at velocity u

. Using the energy integral equation, determine an expression for

the convective heat transfer coefficient from by assuming the following velocity and temperature
profiles within the boundary layers:
constant ( ) /( ) /
W W t
u u and T T T T y


where
t
is the thickness of the thermal boundary layer. Hence express the result in the form
n m
x x
Pr Re C Nu where C is a constant.
[Ans:
x
u
k h
4

;
2
1
2
1
Pr Re 5 . 0
x x
Nu ]


2. Atmospheric air at 25 C flows over a plate at a velocity of 60 m/s. The plate of width 1m and
length 0.75m is maintained at uniform temperature of 230C by independently controlled,
electrical strip heaters, each of which is 50 mm long in the direction of the airflow. If the bottom of
the plate is perfectly insulated and radiation is negligible, at which heater is the heat input a
maximum and determine the value of this heat input.
[Ans: 6
th
heater; 1442 W]


3. Glycerine at 30 C flows past a 30cm square flat plate at a velocity of 1.5 m/s. The drag force is
measured to be 10.98 N (for both sides of the plate). Calculate the heat transfer coefficient for such
a flow system. At 30 C, properties of glycerine are:
= 1258 kg/m
3
, c
p
= 2.455 kJ/kgK, = 0.0005 m
2
/s, k = 0.268 W/m K, Pr = 5380.

[Ans: 323.7 W/m
2
K]