KMÜ 340

Homework 2
(Due date: 13 May 2022)

1. Consider the flow of an incompressible Newtonian fluid between horizontal

parallel plates of length of 2 m and a width of 5 m. The distance between the

parallel plates is 0.5 m. The bottom plate is fixed and the upper plate is

moving with a velocity of 5 m/s in the positive direction. There is no pressure

gradient, so the fluid only moves with the motion of the moving plate.

a) Please perform the shell momentum balance by appropriate

assumptions.

b) Solve the momentum balance with MATLAB to obtain the velocity

profile between the parallel plates.

2. Heat is produced within a cylindrical cable with a radius of 0.60 m and a

length of 3 m with a heat conductivity of 85 W/m K. The amount of heat

produced per unit volume and per unit time is given as

Q (W/m3.s) = 4x10-3 T0.5

where T is the temperature (K). The surface temperature of the sphere is 120

C.
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a) Construct an energy balance within the cylindrical cable.

b) Solve the energy balance with MATLAB to obtain the temperature

profile within the cylindrical cable by appropriate assumptions