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HEAT TRANSFER, PRACTICE QUESTIONS (GATE-2023) BY
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1. Among the following, the material with highest value of thermal conductivity is
a. Steel
b. Silver
c. Copper
d. Saw dust
2. Two insulating materials of thermal conductivity k and 2k are available for lagging
a pipe carrying a hot fluid. If the radial thickness of each material is the same,
then for minimum heat loss
a. Material with higher thermal conductivity should be used for the inner layer
and one with lower thermal conductivity for the outer.
b. Material with lower thermal conductivity should be used for the inner layer
and one with higher thermal conductivity for the outer.
c. It is immaterial in which sequence the insulating materials are used
d. It is not possible to judge unless numerical values of dimensions are given.
3. Choose the wrong statement about thermal diffusivity
a. It represents a physical property of the material
b. It is a dimension less quantity
c. It is an important characteristic for unsteady heat conduction
d. It is the ratio of thermal conductivity to thermal storage capacity of a
material.
4. The diffusion equation
Governs the temperature distribution under unsteady heat flow through a

homogeneous and isotropic material. The Fourier equation follows from this
expression when
a. There is no dependence of temperature on them
b. There is no internal heat generation
c. Steady state conditions prevail and there is no internal heat generation
were is no internal
d. Heat generation, but unsteady state conditions prevail
5. Which of the following is a wrong statement?
a. addition of insulation does not always bring about a decrease in the heat
transfer rate for geometries with non-constant heat transfer area
b. rubber insulated wires can carry more current than a bare wire for the
same rise in temperature
c. A certain thickness of lagging a steam pipe may increase the rate of heat
flow rather than reduce it.
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d. Critical radius of insulation refers to the outer radius of insulation for which
there is maximum thermal resistance and consequently maximum heat flow
rate.
6. A spherical vessel of 0.5 m outside diameter is insulated with 0.2 m thickness of
insulation of thermal conductivity 0.04 . The surface temperature of the
vessel is -195°C and outside air is at 10°C. The magnitude of rate of heat flow
through the sphere is
a. 7.9
b. 68.4
c. 72.6
d. 82.9
7. For a long cylinder of radius R with uniformly distributed heat sources, the
temperature distribution in the dimension less form is ___________.
(‘T’ and are temperature at radius ‘r’ and ‘R’ respectively and is the
maximum temperature within the cylinder)
a.
b.
c.
d.
8. Consider a slab of thickness with one side (x = 0) insulated and other side (x
= ) maintained constant temperature as shown below.
The rate of uniform heat generation within the slab is . Presuming that the
heat conduction is in steady state and one-dimensional along x-direction, the
maximum temperature in the slab would occur at x equal to
a. Zero
b.
c.

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d.
9. For a cylindrical rod with uniformly distributed heat sources, the thermal gradient
r (in the radial direction) at half the radius location will be
a. One-fourth of that at the surface
b. One-half of that at the surface
c. Twice of that at the surface
d. Four times of that at the surface
10. The plane wall A of thickness 5 cm and thermal conductivity 80 and
having volumetric heat generation of 1.25 is insulated on one side while the
other side is in contact with surface of another wall B. The wall B has no heat
generation is made of a material of thermal conductivity 160 and has a
thickness of 2.5 cm. The non-contact surface of wall B is exposed to a cooling
fluid at 25°C. If the convective heat transfer coefficient between wall B and the
fluid is 1000 ,The temperature at the surface of the composite wall that is
exposed to cooling fluid (in ) is
a. 32.5
b. 74.6
c. 87.5
d. 92.4
11. A cylinder of radius r and made of a material of thermal conductivity is
surrounded by a cylindrical shell of inner radius r and outer radius 2r. This outer
shell is made of a material of thermal conductivity The two ends of the
combined system are maintained at two different temperatures.
Under steady state conditions and no loss of heat across the cylindrical surface,
the effective thermal conductivity of the arrangement would be
a.
b.
c.
d.
12. Heat flow occurs along the axial direction of a solid which has the shape of
a truncated cone with circumferential surface insulated. The base is at 300°C and
the area of the section at distance x measured from the base of the cone is given
by A = 1.2(1 — 1.5x) where x is in meter. If the plane at x = 0.2 m is
maintained at 100°C, The rate of heat flow through the solid (in Watt) is
_______________.

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Take thermal conductivity of the solid material as 2.5

a. 2524
b. 2 128
c. 2356
d. 2028


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HEAT TRANSFER, PRACTICE QUESTIONS (GATE-2023) BY

SUMIT PRAJAPATI SIR

Governs the temperature distribution under unsteady heat flow through a

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SUMIT PRAJAPATI: +91 7905859210, Referral Code: SKP100

SUMIT PRAJAPATI: +91 7905859210, Referral Code: SKP100

Take thermal conductivity of the solid material as 2.5

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