IIT- Hyderabad

ME5320 Advanced Heat Transfer

Mid-Semester Examination
29th September 2015
1. This is a closed book examination. Use of calculator is permitted.
2. The paper contains 3 questions in 2 printed pages. Please answer all the
questions.
3. Maximum marks 35; Time allowed 2 hours
4. All the necessary data is provided in the exam paper.

1. A coin of radius 0 and thickness rests on an inclined plane. Initially it is at an ambient

temperature . The coin is released and begins to slide down a plane. The frictional force
is assumed constant and the velocity changes with time according to = , where is
a constant. Due to changes in velocity, the heat transfer coefficient varies according to
=
where is a constant. Assuming that the Biot number is small compared to unity and
neglect heat loss to the plane, determine the transient temperature of the coin. Assume
constant material properties , etc.
(8 M)
2. The surface of a semi-infinite plate which is initially at uniform temperature , is suddenly
heated at one end with a time-dependent flux given by

0 =

Where is constant. Use similarity method to determine the one-dimensional transient

temperature. (Hint: Use the transformation =

)
4
(11 M)
3. A rectangular plate (shown in Figure) is maintained at uniform temperature 0 along
three sides. Half the fourth side is insulated while the other half is heated at uniform flux
0 . Determine the steady state heat transfer rate through the surface (0, ). The origin and
the axes are marked in the Figure.
(16 M)

Additional information
a. General form of the SL-differential equation
2

()
+

+ [2 () + 2 3 ()] = 0
1
2

From this
() = 1 , () = 2 () () = 3 ()
b. Error function values are given in the table below

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