EMM 3212 Heat Transfer

Practice Exercise for Lecture Material on Week 7 (Transient Conduction

Lumped Capacitance Method)
Note
Here are the review questions that I suggest you try to do to practise what you have
learnt in class and more importantly to enhance your understanding of the lecture
material covered for the above mentioned week. Note that the questions in any
test/quiz/final exams are not necessarily similar to these practice questions. However,
having done these practice questions should assist you in gaining further
understanding and solving your exam questions.
PS: You may not find some information/material from class lecture note. Therefore, in
addition to the lecture note from class, please refer to your text book if necessary.
Text book: Incropera et.al, 6th Edition
Problem 5.8. Answer: 35.3 W/m2.K.
Problem 5.9. Answer: 25,358s = 7.04h.
Problem 5.12. Answer: 272.5oC
Problem 5.13. Answer: 0.0041m2.K/W
Problem 5.14. Answer: 0.43 s
Problem 5.15. Answer: 550 s.
Problem 5.22. Answer: 3886s =1.08h, 1220 K.
Problem 5.24. Answer: (a)1061s, 177s (b) 21.6s (c) 18.9s