INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY

Mechanical Engineering Department

ME-662 Convective Heat and Mass Transfer

OPEN BOOK EXAM

Time: 9.30 - 12.30 hrs Date: 20th April, 2012
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Prob 1: Consider a laminar flat-plate boundary layer. Consatant wall

heat flux qw is specified after unheated starting length x0 . The velocity and
temperature profiles are represented by
u 3 y 1 y T − Tw 3 y 1 y
= ( ) − ( )3 = ( ) − ( )3
U∞ 2 δ 2 δ T∞ − Tw 2 ∆ 2 ∆
1. Suction/blowing at the wall are absent and effect of viscous dissipation
is neglected. Show that the integral energy equation for this case will
read as

d ∆2 ∆2 d ∆ 3 α
+ =
dx ∆ dx 2 ∆ U∞
2. Defining R ≡ (∆/δ)., show that for Pr > 1,

d h 3 i 13
R x ' P r−1 and
dx 28
− 0.33
x0

N ux ' 0.4176 Re0.5
x Pr
0.33
1−
x

Prob 2 :

1. Laminar boundary layer develops on a flat plate ( U∞ = constant ) in

the presence of suction ( Bf = - 0.5 ). Estimate the value of transition
Reynolds number Rex,tr using Cebeci formula
22400
Reδ2 = 1.174 (1 + ) Re0.46
x
Rex

1
 Compare this value with that obtained when Bf = 0. Comment on the
result. ( Hint: Iterations are required )

2. Water at 1 bar and 50 C flows through a 1.5 cm dia tube. Under fully
developed conditions, the velocity measured at the tube-centerline is
1.236 m / s. Estimate the mass flow rate through the tube. Take
µ = 5.49 × 10−4 kg/m-s, k = 0.648 W/m-K, Pr = 3.54 and ρ = 988.1
kg/m3

3. For the above conditions, estimate the value of Nu using

Tcl+ = P rt (u+cl + P F∞ )
P r 3/4 Pr
   
P F∞ = 9.24 ( ) − 1 1 + 0.28 exp( −0.007 )
P rt P rt

Assume P rt = 0.9 and (Tw − Tcl )/(Tw − Tb ) = 1.05. Compare this value
of Nu with that obtained from Gnienlenski correlation
q
(Re − 1000) P r f /2
Nu = q
2/f + 12.7 (P r2/3 − 1)

Prob 3 : A 15 kmph breeze ( at 400 C and 25 % RH ) blows over a lake ( at

250 C ). The lake receives qsolar = 800 W/m2 Calculate the drop in the water
level in 9 hours. Assume turbulent boundary layer. Take ν = 15×10−6 m2 /s.
Take Sc = 0.61 and Pr = 0.7.

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