//scilab 5.4.1 clear; clc; printf("\t\t\tProblem Number 11.22\n\n\n"); // Chapter 11 : Heat Transfer // Problem 11.22 (page no. 595) // Solution //For brick,concrete,plaster,hot film and cold film, A=1; //area //Unit:ft^2 //For a plane wall,the areas are all the same,and if we use 1 ft^2 of wall surface as the reference area, //For Brick, deltax=6/12; //6 inch = 6/12 feet //deltax=length //unit:ft k=0.40; //Unit:Btu/(hr*ft*F) //k=proportionality constant //k=thermal conductivity //From the table brickResistance=deltax/(k*A); //Thermal resistance //Unit:(hr*f)/Btu printf("For brick,"); printf("The resistance is %f (hr*F)/Btu\n",brickResistance); //For Concrete, deltax=(1/2)/12; //(1/2) inch = (1/2)/12 feet //deltax=length //unit:ft k=0.80; //Unit:Btu/(hr*ft*F) //k=proportionality constant //k=thermal conductivity //From the table concreteResistance=deltax/(k*A); //Thermal resistance //Unit:(hr*f)/Btu printf("For Concrete,"); printf("The resistance is %f (hr*F)/Btu\n",concreteResistance); //For plaster, deltax=(1/2)/12; // (1/2) inch = 6/12 feet //deltax=length //unit:ft k=0.30; //Unit:Btu/(hr*ft*F) //k=proportionality constant //k=thermal conductivity //From the table plasterResistance=deltax/(k*A); //Thermal resistance //Unit:(hr*f)/Btu printf("For plaster,"); printf("The resistance is %f (hr*F)/Btu\n",plasterResistance); //For "hot film", h=0.9; //Coefficient of heat transfer //Unit:Btu/(hr*ft^2*F) hotfilmResistance=inv(h*A); //Thermal resistance //Unit:(hr*f)/Btu printf("For hot film,"); printf("The resistance is %f (hr*F)/Btu\n",hotfilmResistance); //For "cold film", h=1.5; //Coefficient of heat transfer //Unit:Btu/(hr*ft^2*F) coldfilmResistance=inv(h*A); //Thermal resistance //Unit:(hr*f)/Btu printf("For cold film,"); printf("The resistance is %f (hr*F)/Btu\n\n",coldfilmResistance); totalResistance=brickResistance+concreteResistance+plasterResistance+hotfilmResistance+coldfilmResistance; //the overall resistance //Unit:(hr*f)/Btu printf("The overall resistance is %f (hr*F)/Btu\n",totalResistance); U=inv(totalResistance); //Unit:Btu/(hr*ft^2) //The overall conductance(or overall heat-transfer coefficient) printf("The overall conductance(or overall heat-transfer coefficient) is %f Btu/(hr/ft^2)\n",U); //In problem 11.21,the solution is straightforward,because the heat-transfer area is constant for all series resistances.