1.

A house has a composite wall of wood, fiber glass insulation, and plaster board, as

indicated in the sketch. On a cold winter day the convection heat transfer coefficients

are ho =60 W/m2 K and hi =30 W/m2 K. The total wall surface area is 350 m 2. (a)

Determine the total heat loss through the wall. (b) If the wind were blowing violently,

raising ho to 300 W/m2 K, determine the percentage increase in the heat loss. (c)

What is the controlling resistance that determines the amount of heat flow through the

wall?

Fibreglass Blanket kb = 0.038 W/m⋅K; Plywood siding, ks = 0.12 W/m⋅K;

Plasterboard, kp = 0.17 W/m⋅K.

2. Steel balls 12 mm in diameter are annealed by heating to 1150 K and then slowly

cooling to 400 K in an air environment for which T = 325 K and h = 20 W/m2 K.

Assuming the properties of the steel to be k = 40 W/m K, density to be 7800 kg/m3,

and c = 600 J/kg K, estimate the time required for the cooling process.

3. Electric current flows through a long rod generating thermal energy at a uniform

volumetric rate of q ̇ 2 × 106 W/m3. The rod is concentric with a hollow ceramic

cylinder, creating an enclosure that is filled with air. The thermal resistance per unit
length due to radiation between the enclosure surfaces is Rrad = 0.30 m K/W, and the

coefficient associated with free convection in the enclosure is h = 20 W/m2 K.

(a)  Construct a thermal circuit that can be used to calculate the surface temperature of

the rod, Tr. Label all temperatures, heat rates, and thermal resistances, and evaluate

each thermal resistance. (b)  Calculate the surface temperature of the rod for the

prescribed conditions