Elements of Energy Transfer Multiple choice questions on heat conduction 1) Heat conduction happens only on solid materials (mark

true or false) a) true b) false

Heat Transfer

2) A small Biot number Bi implies (mark all that apply): a) that the convective resistance is smaller than the conduction resistance b) that the temperature gradient in the material where heat conduction occurs is practically zero c) that heat conductivity varies with temperature d) that for a transient the spatial distribution of temperature can be neglected and only dependence on time needs to be solved 3) In order to compute the temperature distribution in a solid one needs to solve the heat diffusion differential equation and (mark all that corresponds): a) specify only boundary conditions b) specify boundary and initial conditions c) specify only initial conditions d) specify the temperature at least on a point of the boundary e) nothing else 4) The differential equation that dictates steady state heat diffusion in a fin is exactly the same as the steady state equation for heat diffusion (mark true or false): a) true b) false 5) A fin made of an insulator material will dissipate more heat that a fin made of a good heat conductor material (mark all that apply): a) always b) never c) only if the heat capacity of the cooling fluid is small

Heat Conduction