Copper wire with a diameter of 0.5 cm is covered with 0.65-cm layer of insulating material having

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Copper wire with a diameter of 0.5 cm is covered with  0.65-cm layer of insulating material having a thermal conductivity of 0.242 W/m · K. The air adjacent to the insulation is at 290 K. If the wire carries a current of 400 A, determine
a. The convective heat-transfer coefficient between the insulation surface and the surrounding air
b. The temperatures at the insulation-copper interface and at the outside surface of the insulation

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Fundamentals Of Momentum Heat And Mass Transfer

ISBN: 9781118947463

6th Edition

Authors: James Welty, Gregory L. Rorrer, David G. Foster

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