Question: A rectangular fin heat sink is shown below. There is fluid flow on both sides of the 2 0 2 4 - T 6 aluminum

A rectangular fin heat sink is shown below. There is fluid flow on both sides of the 2024-T6 aluminum alloy
(k=186WmK) exchanger. The convection coefficients at the straight and finned surfaces are 50Wm2K
and 20Wm2K respectively. The flow air temperature at straight surface is 500 K and finned surface is 300
K.
The geometric parameters are given as;
Height : 15 mm
Fin thickness : 2 mm
Base thickness: 4 mm
Width : 10 mm
Length : 8 mm
a) Find the efficiency of a single fin.
b) Find the efficiency of the fin array.
c) Find the heat transfer rate.
A rectangular fin heat sink is shown below. There

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