CHAPTER 13 : HEAT KMK:SMS

1. Define heat conduction?

2. Thermal conductivity of a window glass is 0.90 W m-1 K-1. Find the rate at which heat is conducted
through a window of area 1.6 m2 and thickness 6.0 mm if the temperature in a room is 26 oC and
the outdoor temperature is 34 oC. [Ans : 1920 W]
3. The amount of heat per second conducted from blood capillaries beneath the skin to the surface
is 240 Js-1. Assuming the body surface area is 1.6 m2 and the thickness of the skin is 2 × 10−3m,
determine the temperature difference between the capillaries and the surface of the skin.
[Ans : 1.5 oC]
4. An insulated thin bar had both its ends maintained at different temperatures. The temperatures
of the cooler end is 10 oC and the temperature of the warmer and is 50 oC. Find the length of the
bar if the temperature at a point 0.15 m from the cooler end is 23 oC. [Ans : 0.46 m]
5. An insulated brass bar of cross-sectional area 3.2 × 10−4 m2, has one end maintained at 250 oC,
while the other end is kept at a constant lower temperature. Heat flows through the bar at a
steady rate of 2.4 Js-1. What is the temperature of the bar at a point 0.15 m from the hot end?
[Ans : 239.8 oC]
6. A glass window of cross-sectional area 1.50 m2 and thickness 0.20 cm is closed in winter.
The temperatures of the inner and outer surfaces of the window are 15˚C and 0˚C.
a) Calculate the rate of heat flow through the window. [Ans: 9450 W]
b) Suggest how you would reduce the amount of heat loss to the surroundings through
this window. (Thermal conductivity of glass = 0.84 W m-1 K-1)
7. Two insulated metals plumbum and copper with a thickness of 40 mm and 60 mm
respectively are joining together. The temperature of plumbum is fixed at 70 oC and
copper is at 30oC. If the thermal conductivity of the copper is 4 times of the thermal
conductivity of plumbum, calculate the boundary temperature in steady state. Assume
that the cross sectional area are the same. [Ans: 314.06 K]
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8. A material X of thickness 1.0 cm with cross sectional area 1m 2 is in thermal contact with
another material Y of thickness 10 cm, as shown in figure below. The temperature of the
exposed surface of X and Y are 30oC and 15oC respectively. Determine the
a) temperature of the interface between the two materials. [Ans: 27.3 0C]
b) amount of heat flowing through unit area of X and Y per second.

[Ans: 35 J]
(Thermal conductivity of X and Y are 0.13 W m-1 K-1 and 0.29 W m-1 K-1)
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GROUP 1
1. Thermal conductivity of a window glass is 0.90 W m-1
K-1. Find the rate at which heat is conducted through a
window of area 1.6 m2 and thickness 6.0 mm if the
temperature in a room is 26 oC and the outdoor
temperature is 34 oC. [Ans : 1920 W]

2. The amount of heat per second conducted from blood

capillaries beneath the skin to the surface is 240 Js-1.
Assuming the body surface area is 1.6 m2 and the
thickness of the skin is 2 × 10−3 m, determine the
temperature difference between the capillaries and
the surface of the skin.
[Ans : 1.5 oC]
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GROUP 2
3. An insulated thin bar had both its ends maintained at
different temperatures. The temperatures of the
cooler end is 10 oC and the temperature of the warmer
and is 50 oC. Find the length of the bar if the
temperature at a point 0.15 m from the cooler end is
23 oC. [Ans : 0.46 m]

4. An insulated brass bar of cross-sectional area 3.2 ×

10−4 m2, has one end maintained at 250 oC, while the
other end is kept at a constant lower temperature.
Heat flows through the bar at a steady rate of 2.4 Js-1.
What is the temperature of the bar at a point 0.15 m
from the hot end?[Ans : 239.8 oC]
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GROUP 3
5. A glass window of cross-sectional area 1.50 m2 and
thickness 0.20 cm is closed in winter. The
temperatures of the inner and outer surfaces of the
window are 15˚C and 0˚C.
a) Calculate the rate of heat flow through the
window. [Ans: 9450 W]
b) Suggest how you would reduce the amount of
heat loss to the surroundings through this
window. (Thermal conductivity of glass = 0.84 W
m-1 K-1)
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GROUP 4
6. A material X of thickness 1.0 cm with cross sectional
area 1m2 is in thermal contact with another material Y
of thickness 10 cm, as shown in figure below. The
temperature of the exposed surface of X and Y are
30oC and 15oC respectively. Determine the
a) temperature of the interface between the two
materials. [Ans: 27.3 0C]
b) amount of heat flowing through unit area of X and
Y per second. [Ans: 35 J]
(Thermal conductivity of X and Y are 0.13 W m-1 K-1 and
0.29 W m-1 K-1)