Convection · Heat Transfer · GATE ME
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GATE ME 2024
Consider incompressible laminar flow over a flat plate with freestream velocity of $u_{\infty}$. The Nusselt number corresponding to this flow velocit...
GATE ME 2024
Consider a hydrodynamically fully developed laminar flow through a circular pipe with the flow along the axis (i.e., z direction). In the following st...
GATE ME 2023
Consider incompressible laminar flow of a constant property Newtonian fluid in an isothermal circular tube. The flow is steady with fully-developed te...
GATE ME 2022 Set 2
Which of the following non-dimensional terms is an estimate of Nusselt number?
GATE ME 2016 Set 3
Grashof number signifies the ratio of
GATE ME 2015 Set 3
The ratio of momentum diffusivity $$\left( \upsilon \right)$$ to thermal diffusivity $$\left( \alpha \right),$$ is called
GATE ME 2015 Set 2
In the laminar flow of air $$(Pr=0.7)$$ over a heated plate, if $$\delta $$ and $${\delta _T}$$ denote, respectively the hydrodynamic and thermal boun...
GATE ME 2015 Set 1
For flow of viscous fluid over a flat plate, if the fluid temperature is the same as the plate temperature, the thermal boundary layer is
GATE ME 2015 Set 1
The Blasius equation related to boundary layer theory is a
GATE ME 2014 Set 4
Match Group $$A$$ with Group $$B$$
Group-A
$$P:$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Biot number
$$Q:$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Grashof number
$$R:$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Pr...
GATE ME 2014 Set 2
For laminar forced convection over a flat plate, if the free stream velocity increases by a factor of $$2,$$ the average heat transfer coefficient
GATE ME 2014 Set 2
Consider a two-dimensional laminar flow over a long cylinder as shown in the figure below.
The free stream velocity is $${U_\infty }$$ and the free ...
GATE ME 2009
A coolant fluid at $${30^ \circ }C$$ flows over a heated flat plate maintained at a constant temperature of $${100^ \circ }C$$. The boundary layer tem...
GATE ME 2008
For flow of fluid over a heated plate, the following fluid properties are known: Viscosity $$=0.001Pa.s;$$ Specific heat at constant pressure $$=1$$ $...
GATE ME 1998
Heat transfer coefficients for free convection in gasses, forced convection in gases and vapors, and for boiling water lie, respectively, in the range...
GATE ME 1994
For air near atmospheric condition flowing over a flat plate the laminar thermal boundary layer is thicker than hydrodynamic boundary layer
GATE ME 1990
In pool boiling the highest $$HTC$$ occurs in
GATE ME 1988
For the fluid flowing over a flat plate with Prandtle number greater than unity, the thermal boundary layer for laminar forced convection
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GATE ME 2023
A very large metal plate of thickness 𝑑 and thermal conductivity 𝑘 is cooled by a stream of air at temperature 𝑇∞ = 300 K with a heat transfer...
GATE ME 2022 Set 2
Consider a hydrodynamically and thermally fully-developed, steady fluid flow of 1 kg/s in a uniformly heated pipe with diameter of 0.1 m and length of...
GATE ME 2016 Set 1
A fluid (Prandtl number, $$Pr=1$$) at $$500$$ $$K$$ flows over a flat plate of $$1.5$$ $$m$$ length, maintained at $$300$$ $$K.$$ The velocity of the ...
GATE ME 2015 Set 1
For flow through a pipe of radius $$R,$$ the velocity and temperature distribution are as follows:
$$U\left( {r,x} \right) = {C_1}$$ and $$T\left( {r,...
GATE ME 2014 Set 2
Water flows through a tube of diameter $$25mm$$ at an average velocity of $$1.0m/s.$$ The properties of water are $$\rho = 1000\,\,kg/{m^3},$$ $$\mu ...
GATE ME 2014 Set 1
The non-dimensional fluid temperature profile near the surface of a convectively cooled flat plate is given by $${{{T_w} - T} \over {{T_w} - {T_\infty...
GATE ME 2014 Set 1
Consider one dimensional steady state heat conduction across a wall (as shown in figure below) of thickness $$30$$ $$mm$$ and thermal conductivity $$1...
GATE ME 2011
The ratios of the laminar hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness to thermal boundary layer thickness of flows of two fluids $$P$$ and $$Q$$ on a flat p...
GATE ME 2010
Match the following
List-$${\rm I}$$
$$P.$$ Compressible flow
$$Q.$$ Free surface flow
$$R.$$ Boundary layer flow
$$S.$$ Pipe flow
$$T.$$ Heat convec...
GATE ME 2007
The temp distribution within the Laminar thermal boundary layer over a heated isothermal flat plate is given by
$$\left( {T - {T_w}} \right)/\left( {...
GATE ME 2007
The average heat transfer coefficient on a thin hot vertical plate suspended in still air can be determined from observations of the change in plate t...
GATE ME 2005
An un-insulated air conditioning duct of rectangular cross section $$1\,\,m \times 0.5\,m,$$ carrying air at $${20^ \circ }C$$ with a velocity of $$10...
GATE ME 2005
An un-insulated air conditioning duct of rectangular cross section $$1\,\,m \times 0.5\,m,$$ carrying air at $${20^ \circ }C$$ with a velocity of $$10...
GATE ME 2003
Consider a laminar boundary layer over a heated flat plate. The free stream velocity is $${U_\infty }.$$ At some distance $$x$$ from the leading edge ...
GATE ME 2002
The properties of mercury at $$300K$$ are : density $$ = 13529kg/{m^3},$$ $${C_P} = 0.1393$$ $$kJ/kgK,$$ dynimic viscosity
$$ = 0.1523\,\, \times \,\...
GATE ME 2001
Water (Prandtl number $$=6$$ ) flows over a flat plate which is heated over the entire length. Which one of the following relationship between the hyd...
GATE ME 1996
Match List - $${\rm I}$$ with List - $${\rm II}$$ and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List - $${\rm I}$$
$$A.$$ Grash...
GATE ME 1992
A fluid flowing over a flat plate has the following properties: dynamic viscocity $$ = 25 \times {10^{ - 6}}\,\,kg/ms,$$ specific heat $$=2.0 $$ $$kJ/...