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Chapter 1
1. Familiarize yourself with the heat transfer properties of engineering materials using Thermal
engineering data handbook.
2. Suggest a suitable experimental set-up and procedure for measurement of thermal
conductivity of a material having a provision of cylindrical shape.
3. How do you measure convective heat transfer coefficient using a current carrying electric
wire?
4. Develop the heat transfer model for heating of a metallic and wooden surface (in terms of
temperature) by solar energy in Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar. Explain with some numerical
examples.
5. Develop heat loss formulation from a person who is doing normal activity/dancing. Elaborate
with the help of numerical computing.
6. What is the concept of prevention through design?Go through the following documents
(a)NIOSH publication 2011-121, 2010 (b)ASTM standard C1055-03, 2009.
7. What is the meaning of skin burn, flash point of a liquid, combustible and inflammable liquid,
and auto ignition temperature? What is the role of these parameters in hazard prevention?
8. Solve example 1-14 using EES. Select the commercial engine oil with its auto- ignition
temperature prescribed by manufacturer. What are your suggestions to avoid accident in this
case?
9. Go through the topic of special interest Thermal Comfort.
10. Solve all the FE exam problems.
11. Discuss the design problem given in 1-163.
Chapter 2:
1. Draw the differential control volumes for Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinate
system and indicate all the energy process in the diagram. Hence with the help of first
principles derive Equations 2.38, 2.43, and 2.44.
(a) Using the general heat conduction equations derive the temperature profile, heat transfer
rate and heat flux rate equations for a wall, hollow cylinder and hollow sphere geometries for
specified temperature boundary conditions [assumptions: 1-D heat transfer, steady state
without heat generation, variable thermal conductivity].
2. Repeat the exercise 2- 18 for spherical geometry.
3. Repeat the exercise 2- 19 for spherical geometry.
4. Repeat the exercise 2- 20 for cylindrical and spherical geometry.
5. Repeat the exercise 2- 22 for cylindrical and spherical geometry.
6. Go through the example 2-11. Obtain expressions for the variation of temperature within the
hollow cylinder (inner radius, r1 = 10 cm, outer radius, r2 = 15 cm, Length = 1 m) for the
following boundary conditions (and discuss the results obtained):
(a) Similar to as given in 2-11 (a) [consider r = r1 equivalent to x=0]
(b) At r = r1, heat flux q1 = 40 W/cm2 and at r = r2 , heat flux q2 = -25 W/cm2
(c) At r = r1, heat flux q1 = (40/A1) W/cm2 and at r = r2 , heat flux q2 = 40/A2) W/cm2
Where A1 and A2 are the surface area of cylinder at r1 and r2 respectively.
7. Repeat the problem 2 considering a hollow spherical geometry (r1 and r2 as mentioned in
problem 2)
8. Go through the example 2-12. Repeat the exercise without disregarding the radiation loss.
9. Considering the same data given in example 2-12, for a cylindrical shape (consider base area A
at inner radius r1 = 10 cm, thickness of cylinder = 0.5 cm) obtain an expression for the
variation of temperature along the thickness of cylinder and evaluate the temperatures at
inner and surfaces with (i) disregarding heat loss by radiation and (ii) considering heat loss by
radiation and convection and (iii) considering heat loss by radiation only.
10. Repeat the problem 4 for a spherical geometry.
11. Go through the example 2-13 and repeat the calculations (i) considering radiation and
convection loss and (ii) considering heat loss by radiation only.
12. Repeat the exercise 2-13 for cylindrical and spherical geometry (r2/r1 = 1.25) with (i)
disregarding heat loss by radiation and (ii) considering heat loss by radiation and convection
and (iii) considering heat loss by radiation only.
13. Go through the example 2-14 and repeat the same for cylindrical and spherical geometries
14. Solve all the FE exam problems.
15. Attempt Design problem 2-170 or 2-171 (page 141 Chapter 2).
Chapter 4
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
1. Solve all the FE problems of chapter 8.
2. Go through example 8.1 (page 482) and solve 8-20(page 519).
3. Go through example 8.2 (page 491) and solve 8-18 (page 519).
4. Go through example 8.3 (page 492) and solve 8-73(page 523).
5. Go through the solved examples of 8.5 and 8.6.
6. Go through example 8.7 (page 504) and solve 8-87(page 525).
Chapter 9
1. Solve all the FE problems of chapter 9.
2. Go through example 9.1 (page 482) and solve 9-54 (page 583).
3. Go through example 9.2(page 544) and solve the same example for surface temperature equal
to 150 C.
4. Go through example 9.3 (page 549)
5. Solve problem 9.36 (page 581).
6. Solve problem 9-40 (page 581).
7. Solve problem 9-48 (page 582).
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13