Q. Ambient air at 20 degree Celsius flows past a flat plate with a sharp leading edge at 3 m/s. The plate is heated uniformly throughout its entire length and is maintained at a surface temperature of 40 degree Celsius. Calculate the thickness of the hydrodynamic boundary layer. Assume that transition occurs at a critical Reynolds number of 500000

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Q. Ambient air at 20 degree Celsius flows past a flat plate with a sharp leading edge at 3 m/s. The plate is heated uniformly throughout its entire length and is maintained at a surface temperature of 40 degree Celsius. Calculate the thickness of the thermal boundary layer. Assume that transition occurs at a critical Reynolds number of 500000

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Q. Ambient air at 20 degree Celsius flows past a flat plate with a sharp leading edge at 3 m/s. The plate is heated uniformly throughout its entire length and is maintained at a surface temperature of 40 degree Celsius. Calculate the local convective heat transfer coefficient. Assume that transition occurs at a critical Reynolds number of 500000

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Q. Temperature and velocity profiles are identical when the dimensionless Prandtl number is

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Q. Reynolds analogy is given by

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Q. The average drag coefficient for turbulent boundary layer flow past a thin plate is given by

Cf = 0.455/ (log10 Rel)^2.58

Where R el is the Reynolds number based on plate length. A plate 50 cm wide and 5 m long is kept parallel to the flow of water with free stream velocity 3 m/s. Calculate the drag force on both sides of the plate. For water, kinematic viscosity = 0.01 stokes

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Q. During test-run, air flows at 215 m/s velocity and 25 degree Celsius temperature past a smooth thin model airfoil which can be idealized as a flat plate. If the chord length of the airfoil is 15 cm, find drag per unit width. The relevant physical properties of air are

p = 1.82 kg/m³
v = 15.53 * 10¯⁶ m²/s

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Q. A flat plate was positioned at zero incidence in a uniform flow stream of air. Assuming boundary layer to be turbulent over the entire plate, workout the ratio of skin-friction forces on the front and rear half part of the plate

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Q. For a particular engine, the underside of the crankcase can be idealized as a flat plate measuring 80 cm by 20 cm. The engine runs at 80 km/hr and the crankcase is cooled by the air flowing past it at the same speed. Find loss of the heat from the crank case surface (t S = 25 degree Celsius). Assume the boundary layer to be turbulent

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Q. A flat plate 1 m by 1 m is placed in a wind tunnel. The velocity and temperature of free stream air are 80 m/s and 10 degree Celsius. The flow over the whole length of the plate is made turbulent by turbulizing grid placed upstream of the plate. Find the thickness of hydrodynamic boundary layer at trailing edge of the plate

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Q. A flat plate 1 m by 1 m is placed in a wind tunnel. The velocity and temperature of free stream air are 80 m/s and 10 degree Celsius. The flow over the whole length of the plate is made turbulent by turbulizing grid placed upstream of the plate. Find the heat flow from the surface of the plate

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Q. The concept of hydrodynamic boundary layer was first suggested by

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Q. The free stream undisturbed flow has a uniform velocity U INFINITY in the

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Q. The thin layer where velocity changes continuously is called

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Q. The conditions for flow beyond the boundary layer and its outer edge are

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Q. The pattern of flow in the boundary layer is judged by the

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Q. The transition from laminar to turbulent pattern of flow occurs at values of Reynolds number between

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Q. The entrance length required for the flow to become fully-developed turbulent flow is dependent on

(i) Surface finish

(ii) Downstream conditions

(iii) Fluid properties

Identify the correct answer

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Q. What is the value of thickness of the boundary layer at leading edge of the plate?

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Q. The boundary layer thickness is taken to be at a distance from the plate surface to a point at which the velocity is given by

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