Fundamentals Of Heat Transfer Flashcards
(33 cards)
Conduction and convection are tied to hat kind of motion?
Molecular
What are the three fundamental modes of heat transfer?
Conduction, convection, and radiation
Radiation heat transfer is tied to what?
Electromagnetic waves
True/false: radiation heat transfer requires a medium such as air or water through which to travel.
False.
The movement of heat through a substance or between two substances in contact with each other is called what?
Conduction
Which is the most efficient of the 3 types of heat transfers?
Conduction
The rate of conduction heat transfer through a material is (blank) to the temperature difference between each surface and (blank) to the thickness of the material.
Proportional. Inversely proportional.
Materials that resist heat flow are called what?
Thermal insulators
Convection is heat transfer by the (blank)of heated or cooled (blank)
Motion. Mass
True/false: radiative energy travels near the speed of light when unimpeded.
True
Radiant heat transfer (does, does not) require a molecular medium for heat transfer to occur.
Does not
Radiative energy is classified by length of what?
Wavelength
What are the 3 most important waves associated with thermal radiation?
Ultraviolet, visible light, and infrared
In radiant heat transfer, higher temperature bodies emit (smaller, larger), (more powerful, less powerful) wavelengths
Smaller. More powerful
With translucent materials, the capability of the surface of the receiving body to transmit, absorb, and reflect radiative energy varies with the size of (blank) striking the surface.
Wavelength
The radiative energy emitted by the surface of a body is called what?
Emissive power or emmittence.
A (blank) is a hypothetical globe-shaped body that absorbs all of the radiative energy striking it, and emits all of this radiative energy.
Black body
Heat passing through materials in a building envelope is called what?
Transmission heat loss
Thermal conductivity describes a (blank) material’s ability to (blank)
Homogeneous. Transfer heat
A heterogeneous or composite materials ability to transfer heat is called what?
Thermal conductance.
A measure of a material’s ability to resist heat transfer is called what?
Thermal resistance.
The denser a material, the (more/less) resistance it has to the flow of heat and the (higher/lower) it’s resistance value (R). The lighter, less dense the material, the (higher/lower) it’s R value and insulating value.
Lower. Lower. Higher.
What is total thermal resistance?
The insulating ability of a construction assembly of materials, including air films.
The Total Thermal Resistance of construction assembly of materials is determined by adding the (blank) of each component.
Thermal resistances