# Free and Forced Convection

 Question 1
In forced convective heat transfer, Stanton number (St), Nusselt number (Nu), Reynolds number (Re) and Prandtl number (Pr) are related as
 A $\text{St}=\frac{\text{Nu}}{\text{Re Pr}}$ B $\text{St}=\frac{\text{Nu Pr}}{\text{Re}}$ C $\text{St}=\text{Nu Pr Re}$ D $\text{St}=\frac{\text{Nu Re}}{\text{Pr}}$
GATE ME 2021 SET-2   Heat Transfer
Question 1 Explanation:
$S t=\frac{N u}{R e \times P r}$
 Question 2
A hot steel spherical ball is suddenly dipped into a low temperature oil bath.
Which of the following dimensionless parameters are required to determine instantaneous center temperature of the ball using a Heisler chart?
 A Biot number and Fourier number B Reynolds number and Prandtl number C Biot number and Froude number D Nusselt number and Grashoff number
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Question 2 Explanation:

 Question 3
Water flows through a tube of 3 cm internal diameter and length 20 m, The outside surface of the tube is heated electrically so that it is subjected to uniform heat flux circumferentially and axially. The mean inlet and exit temperatures of the water are $10^{\circ}C \; and \; 70^{\circ}C$, respectively. The mass flow rate of the water is 720 kg/h. Disregard the thermal resistance of the tube wall. The internal heat transfer coefficient is 1697 $W/m^2\cdot K$. Take specific heat $C_p$ of water as 4.179 kJ/kg.K. The inner surface temperature at the exit section of the tube is __________ $^{\circ}C$ (round off to one decimal place).
 A 125.4 B 25.6 C 48.8 D 85.7
GATE ME 2020 SET-2   Heat Transfer
Question 3 Explanation:

$h=1697 \mathrm{W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \mathrm{K}$
From energy balance equation,
\begin{aligned} \text{Heat flux }\times \text{Area of HT}&=\dot{m}_{w} \times C_{p w}\left(T_{w}-T_{w}\right) q^{\prime \prime} \times \pi D L \\ &=\dot{m}_{w} \times C_{p w}(70-10) \\ q^{\prime \prime} &=\frac{720}{3600} \times \frac{4.179 \times 10^{3} \times 60}{\pi \times\left(\frac{3}{100}\right) \times 20} \mathrm{W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \\ q^{\prime \prime} &=26604.34 \mathrm{W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \end{aligned}
Applying Newton's law of cooling at exit
\begin{aligned} q^{\prime \prime}&=h \times\left(T_{\text {tube at exit}}-T_{\text {water at exit }}\right) W / m^{2}\\ 26604.34&=1697 \times\left(T_{\text {tube at exit }}-70\right) \mathrm{W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \\ T_{\text {tube at exit }}&=85.67^{\circ} \mathrm{C} \end{aligned}
 Question 4
A small metal bead (radius 0.5 mm), initially at 100$^{\circ}C$, when placed in a stream of fluid at 20$^{\circ}C$, attains a temperature of 28$^{\circ}C$ in 4.35 seconds. The density and specific heat of the metal are 8500 $kg/m^3$ and 400 J/kgK, respectively. If the bead is considered as lumped system, the convective heat transfer coefficient (in $W/m^2 K$) between the metal bead and the fluid stream is
 A 283.3 B 299.9 C 149.9 D 449.7
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Question 4 Explanation:
$r=0.5 \mathrm{mm} ; c_{p}=400 \mathrm{J} / \mathrm{kgk} ; \rho=8500 \mathrm{kg} / \mathrm{m}^{3} ; t=4.35 \mathrm{sec}$
\begin{aligned} \therefore \quad \frac{V}{A}&=\frac{\frac{4}{3} \pi R^{3}}{4 \pi R^{2}}=\frac{R}{3} \\ \because \quad \frac{T-T_{\infty}}{T_{i}-T_{\infty}}&=e^{\frac{-h A \tau}{\rho C_{p} V}} \\ \Rightarrow \qquad \frac{28-20}{100-20}&=e^{-\left(\frac{h \cdot 3000}{0.5 \times 8500 \times 400}\right)} \times 4.35 \\ \Rightarrow \qquad h&=299.95 \mathrm{W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \mathrm{K} \end{aligned}
 Question 5
Grashof number signifies the ratio of
 A inertia force to viscous force B buoyancy force to viscous force C buoyancy force to inertia force D inertia force to surface tension force
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Question 5 Explanation:
Grashof number is ratio of buoyancy force to viscous force.
 Question 6
A fluid (Prandtl number, Pr = 1) at 500 K flows over a flat plate of 1.5 m length, maintained at 300 K. The velocity of the fluid is 10 m/s. Assuming kinematic viscosity, v=30 $\times 10^{-6}m^{2}/s$, the thermal boundary layer thickness (in mm) at 0.5 m from the leading edge is __________
 A 6.123mm B 5.269mm C 8.2654mm D 4.9mm
GATE ME 2016 SET-1   Heat Transfer
Question 6 Explanation:
Given
\begin{aligned} P r &=1 \\ T_{\infty} &=500 \mathrm{K} \\ \text { Length } &=1.5 \mathrm{m} \\ T_{\text {plate }} &=300 \mathrm{K} \\ U_{\infty} &=10 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s} \\ v &=30 \times 10^{-6} \mathrm{m}^{2} / \mathrm{s} \end{aligned}
Thermal boundary layer at $0.5 \mathrm{m}$ from leadra edge $=\delta_{t}$
$\text{Re}_{x=0.5}=\frac{U x}{v}=\frac{10 \times 0.5}{30 \times 10^{-6}}=166,666.67$
since $\text{Re}_{x=0.5} \lt 5 \times 10^{5}$. Hence flow is laminar
\begin{aligned}\therefore \quad \delta &=\frac{5 x}{\sqrt{\text{Re}_{x}}} \\ &=\frac{5 \times 0.5}{\sqrt{166,666.67}} \\ &=6.1237 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{m} \\ \frac{\delta_{t}}{\delta} &=\left(P_{f}\right)^{1 / 3} \\ \delta_{t} &=(1)^{1 / 3} \times \delta \\ &=1 \times 6.1237 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{m} \\ &=6.1237 \mathrm{mm} \end{aligned}
 Question 7
The ratio of momentum diffusivity (v) to thermal diffusivity ($\alpha$), is called
 A Prandtl number B Nusselt number C Biot number D Lewis number
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Question 7 Explanation:
$Pr=\frac{v}{\alpha }$
 Question 8
In the laminar flow of air (Pr = 0.7) over a heated plate, if $\delta$ and $\delta_{r}$ denote, respectively, the hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layer thicknesses, then
 A $\delta = \delta_{r}$ B $\delta \gt \delta_{r}$ C $\delta \lt \delta_{r}$ D $\delta = 0$ but $\delta_{r} \neq 0$
GATE ME 2015 SET-2   Heat Transfer
Question 8 Explanation:
Prandtl number,
\begin{aligned} P r&=0.7\\ \text{also}\quad \mathrm{Pr}&=\frac{\delta}{\delta_{r}}\\ \therefore 0.7&=\frac{\delta}{\delta_{r}}\\ \text{or }\quad \delta&=0.7 \delta_{r}\\ \therefore \delta& \lt \delta_{r}\\ \end{aligned}
 Question 9
For laminar forced convection over a flat plate, if the free stream velocity increases by a factor of 2, the average heat transfer coefficient
 A remains same B decreases by a factor of $\sqrt{2}$ C rises by a factor of $\sqrt{2}$ D rises by a factor of 4
GATE ME 2014 SET-2   Heat Transfer
Question 9 Explanation:
For the laminar flow over flat plate,
$\mathrm{Re} \lt 3 \times 10^{5}$
Nusselt number,
\begin{aligned} & N_{u}=\frac{h l}{k}=0.664 \mathrm{Re}^{1 / 2} \mathrm{Pr}^{1 / 3} \\ \text { where } \mathrm{Re}&=\frac{U l}{\mathrm{v}} \\ \therefore \qquad \frac{h l}{k}&=0.664 \times\left(\frac{U l}{\mathrm{v}}\right)^{1 / 2} \times \mathrm{Pr}^{1 / 3}\\ h &\propto U^{1 / 2}\\ \frac{h_{2}}{h_{1}} &=\left(\frac{U_{2}}{U_{1}}\right)^{1 / 2} \\ &=\left(\frac{2 U_{2}}{U_{1}}\right)^{1 / 2}=\sqrt{2}\\ \text{or }\quad h_{2}&=\sqrt{2} h_{1}\\ \end{aligned}
 Question 10
Water (specific heat, $c_{p}$ = 4.18 kJ/kgK) enters a pipe at a rate of 0.01 $kg/s$ and a temperature of 20$^{\circ}$C. The pipe, of diameter 50 mm and length 3 m, is subjected to a wall heat flux ${q_{w}}^{''}$ in $W/m^{2}:$

If ${q_{w}}^{''}=5000$ and the convection heat transfer coefficient at the pipe outlet is 1000 $W/m^{2}K$ , the temperature in $^{\circ}$C at the inner surface of the pipe at the outlet is
 A 71 B 76 C 79 D 81
GATE ME 2013   Heat Transfer
Question 10 Explanation:
\begin{aligned} q_{w}^{\prime \prime} &=5000 \mathrm{W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \\ h &=1000 \mathrm{W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \mathrm{K} \end{aligned}
Heat transfer through pipe wall,
\begin{aligned} Q &=q_{w}^{\prime} \times \text { surface area }\\ &=5000 \times \pi d l \\ &=5000 \times 3.14 \times 0.05 \times 3 \\ &=2355 \mathrm{W}\\ \text{also }\quad Q&=m c_{p}\left(T_{0}-T_{i}\right), \\ & \text { heat gained by the water}\\ 2355 &=0.01 \times 4180\left(T_{0}-20\right) \\ 56.33 &=T_{0}-20 \\ T_{0} &=76.33^{\circ} \mathrm{C} \end{aligned}

Heat flux $q_{w}^{\prime \prime}$ is same at any two sections,
\begin{aligned} f_{w}^{\prime \prime}&=h\left(T_{s^{\prime} 0}-T_{0}\right) \\ 5000 &=1000\left(T_{s^{\prime} 0}-76.33\right) \\ \text{or }\quad 5 &=T_{s^{\prime} 0}-76.33\\ \text{or }\quad T_{s^{\prime} \circ}&=76.33+5\\ &=81.33^{\circ} \mathrm{C} \simeq 81^{\circ} \mathrm{C} \end{aligned}
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