Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

MT60003, Autumn, 2019-2020

Assignment#5

Due on 13/11/19 (Wednesday)

Problem Ans

1 The normal distribution is defined as: True Sol:

0.9545
x2
1 −
f ( x) = e 2

2π

Evaluate the integral of this function between x = -2 to +2, using i) 6, and 20 segment
Trapezoidal rule, Simpson’s 1/3 and 3/8 rule. ii) 2, 3 point gauss quadrature formulae.
Compare results.

2 (a) Evaluate the following double integral: Exact

value:
2 4 21.3
∫ ∫(x − 3 y 2 + xy 3 )dxdy
2

−2 0

(i) analytically, (ii) using multiple application of trapezoidal (n=2) trapezoidal rule, iii) single
application of Simpson’s 1/3rd rule. For (ii) and (iii) compute relative percentage of error.

3 A new transdermal patch has been discovered to deliver insulin through the skin to diabetic 35 gm
patient in a controlled way, eliminating the painful injections. The following data on the mass
flux of insulin being delivered through the patch and skin as a function of time has been

Flux, 15 14 12 11 9 8 5 2.5 2 1
mg/cm2-
h
Time, h 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 24

collected.

Provide your best possible estimate for the amount of drug delivered through the skin in
24 hours using a 10 cm2 patch.
4 Ficks’s first diffusion law states that
dC
Mass Flux = − D
dx
Where mass flux = the quantity of mass that passes across a unit area per unit time
(g/cm2/s), D = a diffusion coefficient (cm2/s), c= concentration, and x=distance (cm). An 2.0
environmental engineer measures following concentration of a pollutant in the sediments million
ton
underlying a lake (x =0 at sediment water interface and increases downward):

X, cm 0 1 3 7
C, 10-6 g/cm3 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.7

Use the numerical differentiation technique available to estimate the derivative at x=0.
Calculate mass flux of pollutant out of sediments and into the overlying water (D=2×10-
6
cm2/s). For a lake with 106 m2 of sediments, how much pollutants will be transported into
the lake over a year’s time?

5 The following data shows the relationship between the viscosity of SAE-70 oil and μ 900-4 F is:
o

temperature. After taking the log of the data, use linear regression to find the equation of 2x10
the line that best fit the data. Calculate coefficients, standard deviation, and correlation
coefficient. Also calculate the viscosity at 900 oF.

Viscosity, μ, kg/m.s 1.35 0.085 0.012 0.00075

Temperature, oF 80 200 300 600

6 The data below represents the bactorial growth in a liquid culture over number of days. bacteria
after 30
Day 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 days:
Amou 67.38 70.93 74.67 78.60 82.74 87.10 91.69 92.51 101.60 106.95 112.58
nt ×10
6
145×106

Fit a 2nd order polynomial model. Calculate coefficients, standard deviation. Predict the
amount of bacteria after 30 days.
7 Heat transfer around a sphere follows the following correlation: Nu= 2 + a Reb Pr c where,
Nu is the Nusselt number (dimensionless heat transfer coefficient), Re is Reynolds number
and Pr is the Prandtl number. Following data are obtained from experiments. Using the
multivariable linear regression, estimate the coefficients. Calculate the R- squared value.
Also calculate the 95% confidence interval of the coefficients. Literature reported values
of these coefficients are a=0.6, b=0.5, c=0.33. Assess your estimates against these values.

Re 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 10
Pr 1 5 10 20 1 5 10 20 1
Nu 2.6 3 3.2 3.5 3.0 4.3 4.7 5.5 3.9

Re 10 10 10 50 50 50 50 100 100
Pr 5 10 20 1 5 10 20 1 5
Nu 5.2 6.0 7 6.3 6.2 11 13 8 11