ME 6302

Spring, 2018
HW Set # 3

Due: March 5, 2018

PROBLEM 1

Problem 3.16. Water at 312 K temperature flows parallel to a flat surface at a velocity of 17 m/s. At a
distance of 4 cm from the leading edge of the plate, the surface temperature is measured to be 300 K.

a) Calculate the direction and magnitude of heat flux at the surface.

b) Calculate the total viscous dissipation rate, per unit mass of the fluid, at the surface.
c) Repeat Parts (a) and (b), this time assuming that the surface temperature is 290 K
d) Repeat parts (a) and (b), this time assuming that the surface temperature is 300 K, but the
fluid has a viscosity 100 times the viscosity of water, while its other properties are similar to
water.

PROBLEM 2

Problem 3.21 (Second Edition). Microscopic particles that are suspended in gas are driven from high
temperature to low temperature regions. This process is called thermophoresis. In the absence of other
particle diffusive transport mechanisms, the slip velocity (velocity between gas and particle) caused by
thermophoresis can be found from [Talbot et al., 1980; Friedlander, 2000]:

 k  ∇T
−2Csν  + Ct ( 2 Knd )  C
 k  T
uTP =  p 
 k 
(1 + 6Cm Knd ) 1 + 2 + 4Ct Knd 
 kp 

where d is the particle diameter, kp is the thermal conductivity of the particle, all properties without a
subscript represent the gas, and
= =
Cs 1.17; =
Ct 2.18; Cm 1.14

Knd = λm d (Knudsen number)

1/ 2
 πM 
λ mol =
ν  (1.5.10) (Gas molecular mean free path)
 2 R uT 

1 + 2 Knd 1.257 + 0.4exp ( −0.55 Knd ) 

C= (Cunningham correction factor)

Consider a flat and horizontal surface that is at a temperature of 398 K, and is cooled by a parallel air
flow. The air has a pressure of 0.1 bar and a temperature of 253 K, and flows with a far-field velocity of
20 m/s with respect to the surface. At a distance of 0.5 m downstream from the leading edge of the
surface, calculate the thermophoretic velocity in the vertical (y) direction of a metallic spherical particle
that is 0.5 μm in diameter and has the thermophysical properties of cupper, when it is 1 mm away from
the surface.

How does this velocity compare with the fluid velocity in the y direction?

PROBLEM 3

Problem 4.20. In an experiment liquid sodium flows upwards through a vertical, uniformly heated tube
with 4 mm inside diameter, and 35 cm in length. The pressure and temperature at inlet are 2 bar and

150 C , respectively. The heat flux is 15000 W/m2.

a) In a test, the average inlet velocity is 0.147 m/s. Estimate the heat transfer coefficient and
wall surface temperature at 10 cm from inlet, and at exit.
b) In choosing the thermally-developed Nusselt number correlation, is it reasonable to neglect
the effect of axial conduction in the fluid?