Jharkhand University of Technology

Mid-Term Examination

Programme: B.Tech. (Materials & Metallurgical Engineering) Year/Semester: 2021/4thSem

Course Name: Heat and Mass Transfer Course Code:
Maximum Marks: 20 Time allowed: 1.5 Hours.

Notes:
 All questions are compulsory.

S.No. Questions Marks

A semiconductor material with k=2 W/m.K and electrical resistivity, r=2*10-5 Ω-m, is
used to fabricate a cylindrical rod 40 mm long with a diameter of 10 mm. The
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longitudinal surface of the rod is well insulated and may be considered adiabatic 5
while the ends are maintained at temperatures of 100 and 0℃, respectively. If the rod
carries a current of 10 amps, what will be its midpoint temperature? What will be the
rate of heat transfer through both ends?
2 Explain the finite difference method applied to heat transfer problems? 5

Heat is generated in a cylindrical fuel rod in a nuclear reactor according to the

relationship

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where is the volumetric heat generation rate, kW/m , and ro is the outside cylinder
radius? Develop the equation that expresses the temperature difference between the
rod center line and its surface.
4 Derive the general heat conduction equation for cartesian co-ordinates? 5