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EXERCISES 1

by
Satria Bijaksana
Lecture no 2
TG3108 Geophysical Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
Semester 1 2010/2011
Geophysical Engineering (undergraduate level)
Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering
Institut Teknologi Bandung
TG 3108 Geophysical Thermodynamics and
Fluid Dynamics

Problem 1
The pressure on 100 g of nickel is increased
quasi-statically and isothermally from 0 to 500
atm. Assuming that the density and isothermal
compressibility to remain constant at values of
8.9 103 kg/m3 and 6.75 10-12 Pa-1,
respectively, calculate the work.

TG 3108 Geophysical Thermodynamics and

Fluid Dynamics

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Problem 2
Suppose that heat conduction occurs at a
constant rate of Q/dt in a hollow sphere with
an inner radius of r1 at temperature T1 and an
inner radius of r2 at temperature T2 . Show
that for constant thermal conductivity K, the
temperature difference between the two
surfaces is given by
T1 T 2

d Q / dT
4 K

1
1

r1
r2

TG 3108 Geophysical Thermodynamics and

Fluid Dynamics

Problem 3
The air above the surface of a freshwater lake is at temperature TA
while the water is at its freezing point Ti (TA < Ti). After a time t
elapsed, ice of thickness y has formed. Assuming that the heat,
which is liberated when the water freezes, flows through the ice by
conduction and then into the air by natural convection, prove

y
y2
+
h
2K

Ti T A
l

where h is the convection coefficient per unit area and is assumed

constant while ice forms, K is the thermal conductivity of ice, l is the
latent heat of fusion of ice, and is the density of ice (Hint: the
temperature of the upper surface is variable. Assume that the ice
has a thickness y and imagine an infinitesimal thickness dy to form
in time dt.)
TG 3108 Geophysical Thermodynamics and
Fluid Dynamics