Question 1

a) Consider a 5-m-high, 8-m-long, and 0.22-m-thick wall whose representative cross-

section is as given in the figure. The thermal conductivities of various materials used,
in W/m·°C, are kA=kF=2, kB=8, kC=20, kD=15, and kE=35. The left and right surfaces
of the wall are maintained at uniform temperatures of 300°C and 100°C, respectively.
Assuming heat transfer through the wall to be one-dimensional and the thermal
contact resistance at the interfaces D-F and E-F is 0.00012 m2·°C/W., determine

i. the rate of heat transfer (for a 0.12-m-high × 1-m-deep section), Watts

ii. the rate of heat transfer through the wall, Watts
iii. the temperature at the point where the sections B, D, and E meet, °C and
iv. the temperature drop across the section F, °C.
Solution

a)
i.

R 1  R A  
L  0.01
   0.04C / W
 kA  A 2 0.12  1

R 2  R 4  R C  
L  0.05
   0.06C / W
 kA  C 20 0.04  1

R 3  R B  
L  0.05
   0.16C / W
 kA  B 8 0.04  1

R 5  R D  
L  0.1
   0.11C / W
 kA  D 15 0.06  1

R 6  R E  
L  0.1
   0.05C / W
 kA  D 35 0.06  1

R 7  R F  
L  0.06
   0.25C / W
 kA  F 2 0.12  1
0.00012
R8   0.001C / W
0.12
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
       R mid ,1  0.025C / W
R mid ,1 R 2 R 3 R 4 0.06 0.16 0.06
1 1 1 1 1
     R mid , 2  0.034C / W
R mid , 2 R 5 R 6 0.11 0.05
R total  R 1  R mid ,1  R mid , 2  R 7  R 8
 0.04  0.025  0.034  0.25  0.001  0.35C / W
  T1  T 2  300  100  571.43W
Q
R total 0.35

ii.

  height  length  571.43 5  8  190476.67 W

Q total  Q
A 0.12  1

iii.
 R total  R 1  R mid ,1  0.04  0.025  0.065C / W
  T1  T  571.43  300  T  T  262.86C
Q
R total 0.065

iv.
  T  T  Q
Q  R  571  0.25  142.75C
F
RF