S.J.C.

Institute of Technology
Department: Aeronautical Engineering
HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER (15AE53)

TUTORIAL -2
1. Explain critical thickness of insulation.
2. Derive an expression for critical thickness of insulation in cylinder.
3. Derive an expression for critical thickness of insulation in sphere.
4. What do u mean by fin, Explain Efficiency and Effectiveness of fin?
5. Sketch various types of fin configuration.
6. Drive the temperature distribution on long fin.
7. Drive the temperature distribution on fin with insulated tip.
8. Drive the temperature distribution on short fin.
9. Explain lumped parameter analysis of heat conduction in solids.
10. What are Biot and Fourier number.
11. PROBLEMS from class notes

1. Explain the Buckingham’s 𝜋-theorem for dimensional analysis.

2. Develop semi empirical non dimensional correlations for FORCED convective heat transfer.
3. Develop semi empirical non dimensional correlations for FREE convective heat transfer.
4. Explain different dimensionless numbers and explain the physical significance of it.
5. Briefly Explain the Hydrodynamic Boundary Layer over flat plates.
6. Briefly Explain the Thermal Boundary Layer.
7. Write the advantages and limitations of dimensional analysis.
8. Explain the different convection mechanisms.
9. How the local heat transfer coefficient varies with flow.
10. Problems from class notes