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3.5: A dormitory at a large university, built 50 years ago has exterior walls constructed of Ls
3.10: The wind chill, which is experienced on a cold, windy day, is related to increased heat transfer..
3.15: Consider a composite wall that includes an 8-mm-think hardwood siding, 40-mm by 130mm
3.24: A fire-fighters protective clothing, referred to as a turnout coat, is typically constructed as
3.32: Physicists have determined the theoretical value of the thermal conductivity of carbon nano
3.39: The diagram shows a conical section fabricated from pure aluminum. It is of circular cross
3.50: A stainless steel (AISI 304) tube used to transport a chilled pharmaceutical has an inner dia
3.79: The air inside a chamber at T,i = 50 C is heated convectively with hi = 20 W/m3-K by a 200-mm
3.86: An air heater may be fabricated by coiling Nichrome wire and passing air in cross flow.
3.110 Consider the manufacture of photovoltaic silicon, as described in Problem 1.42. The thin sheet
3.129: A long, circular aluminum rod is attached at one end to a heated wall and transfers heat by
3.136: Two long copper rods of diameter D = 10 mm are soldered together end to end,
3.165: Consider the conditions of Example 3.12, except that the person is now exercising (in the air.
Short Questions:
1. What is an isothermal surface? What can be said about the heat flux at any location on this
surface?
2. What is an isotropic material?
3. What is the physical significance of thermal diffusivity? How is it defined and what are its units?
4. For a chemically reacting medium, what kind of reaction provides a source of thermal energy (
q >0)?
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