Question: 3 . ( 4 0 pts + 5 pts bonus ) A wire is made by extruding heated metal through a circular die and then

3.(40 pts +5 pts bonus) A wire is made by extruding heated metal through a circular die and then allowing the wire to cool in air prior to being wound on a spool. The arrangement is shown in the figure below. The spool rotates in such a way that the velocity (v_0) of the wire in the x direction is constant. The diameter of the wire is D and the length of wire between the heater and the spool is L. The wire leaves the heated die at a temperature of T, and the air temperature is T_0. The wire material has a density of \rho and a heat capacity of C_p. You may assume that the thermal conductivity of the wire is constant and equal to k, and the heat transfer coefficient between the wire and the air, h, is also constant. Further assuming that this process has reached steady state and the temperature of the wire on reaching the spool is T_a, do the following: a)(10 pts) When the wire that is not thin, the wire temperature T varies in both x and r directions. List all appropriate assumptions and simplify the equation of energy to obtain the differential equation describing the temperature of the wire, T. b)(10 pts) When the wire is thin but very long, list the assumptions different from a) and reduce the equation of energy to obtain the differential equation describing the temperature of the wire, T. c)(16 pts) Solve the differential equation obtained in b) with the appropriate boundary conditions to give the temperature distribution along the wire. d)(4 pts) Simplify the differential equation in b) for the case when v_0=0 and show the general solution for the differential equation containing integration constants. You do not need to identify the boundary conditions or obtain the final temperature profile of the wire. e)(5 pts bonus) When the wire is not moving in a), simplify the obtained differential equation of energy and write down the appropriate boundary conditions that are necessary to obtain the wire temperature profile.

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