Assignment -3

Q-1) Consider steady, parallel flow of atmospheric air over a flat plate. The air has a temperature
and free stream velocity of 300 K and 25 m/s.
(a) Evaluate the boundary layer thickness at distances of x = 1, 10, and 100 mm from the leading
edge. If a second plate were installed parallel to and at a distance of 3 mm from the first plate,
what is the distance from the leading edge at which boundary layer merger would occur?
(b) Evaluate the surface shear stress and the y-velocity component at the outer edge of the
boundary layer for the single plate at x= 1, 10, and 100 mm.
Q-2) Air at a pressure of 1 atm and a temperature of 50C is in parallel flow over the top surface
of a flat plate that is heated to a uniform temperature of 100C. The plate has a length of 0.20 m
(in the flow direction) and a width of 0.10 m. The Reynolds number based on the plate length is
40,000. What is the rate of heat transfer from the plate to the air? If the free stream velocity of
the air is doubled and the pressure is increased to 10 atm, what is the rate of heat transfer?
Q-3) An uninsulated steam pipe is used to transport high-temperature steam from one building to
another. The pipe is of 0.5-m diameter, has a surface temperature of 150C, and is exposed to
ambient air at 10C. The air moves in cross flow over the pipe with a velocity of 5 m/s.
(a) What is the heat loss per unit length of pipe?
Q-4) An engine oil cooler consists of a bundle of 25 smooth tubes, each of length L = 2.5 m and
diameter D= 10 mm.
(a) If oil at 300 K and a total flow rate of 24 kg/s is in fully developed flow through the tubes,
what is the pressure drop and the pump power requirement?
Q-5) Air at a pressure of 1 atm and a temperature of 50C is in parallel flow over the top surface
of a flat plate that is heated to a uniform temperature of 100C. The plate has a length of 0.20 m
(in the flow direction) and a width of 0.10 m. The Reynolds number based on the plate length is
40,000. What is the rate of heat transfer from the plate to the air? If the free stream velocity of
the air is doubled and the pressure is increased to 10 atm, what is the rate of heat transfer?
Q-6) Water at 27C flows with a mean velocity of 1 m/s through a 1-km-long pipe of 0.25-m
inside diameter. (a) Determine the pressure drop over the pipe length and the corresponding
pump power requirement, if the pipe surface is smooth.
Q-7) At a particular axial station, velocity and temperature profiles for laminar flow in a parallel
plate channel have the form

Determine corresponding values of the mean velocity, um, and mean (or bulk) temperature, Tm.
Q-8) A horizontal plate 0.8 m x 1 m is maintained at 60oC in still air at 35oC . Determine the
value of average convection coefficient.