PROBLEM 1.

9 KNOWN: Masonry wall of known thermal conductivity has a heat rate which is 80% of that through a composite wall of prescribed thermal conductivity and thickness. FIND: Thickness of masonry wall. SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) Both walls subjected to same surface temperatures, (2) Onedimensional conduction, (3) Steady-state conditions, (4) Constant properties. ANALYSIS: For steady-state conditions, the conduction heat flux through a onedimensional wall follows from Fouriers law, Eq. 1.2,
q = k T L

where T represents the difference in surface temperatures. Since T is the same for both walls, it follows that

L1 = L2

k1 q 2. k2 q1

With the heat fluxes related as

q1 = 0.8 q 2
L1 = 100mm 0.75 W / m K 1 = 375mm. 0.25 W / m K 0.8

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COMMENTS: Not knowing the temperature difference across the walls, we cannot find the value of the heat rate.

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