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GATE Mechanical Engineering · Heat Transfer - Radiation · 1988-2026

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2026 Q54

Two rectangular surfaces both having 1 m² area are placed perpendicular to each other with a common edge. One surface is hot, having a temperature of 1000 K and emissivity of 0.4,...

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2025 Q48

Consider a cylindrical furnace of 5 m diameter and 5 m length with bottom, top and curved surfaces maintained at uniform temperatures of 800 K, 1500 K and 500 K, respectively. The...

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2023 Q43

A cylindrical rod of length h and diameter d is placed inside a cubic enclosure of side length L. S denotes the inner surface of the cube. The view-factor Fs-s is

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2023 PYQ

A cylindrical rod of length ℎ and diameter 𝑑 is placed inside a cubic enclosure of side length 𝐿. 𝑆 denotes the inner surface of the cube. The view-factor F S-S is

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2021 Q44

A solid sphere of radius 10 mm is placed at the centroid of a hollow cubical enclosure of side length 30 mm. The outer surface of the sphere is denoted by 1 and the inner surface o...

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2019 Q10

Sphere 1 with a diameter of 0.1 m is completely enclosed by another sphere 2 of diameter 0.4 m. The view factor F12 is

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2019 Q45

Three sets of parallel plates LM, NR and PQ are given in Figures 1, 2 and 3. The view factor FIJ is defined as the fraction of radiation leaving plate I that is intercepted by plat...

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2018 Q37

Two black surfaces, AB and BC, of lengths 5 m and 6 m, respectively, are oriented as shown. Both surfaces extend infinitely into the third dimension. Given that view factor F₁₂ = 0...

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2018 Q41

A 0.2 m thick infinite black plate having a thermal conductivity of 3.96 W/m-K is exposed to two infinite black surfaces at 300 K and 400 K as shown in the figure. At steady state,...

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2016 PYQ

Two large parallel plates having a gap of $$10$$ $$mm$$ in between them are maintained at temperatures $${T_1} = 1000\,\,K$$ and $${T_2} = 400\,\,K$$ Given emissivity values, $${\v...

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2016 PYQ

Consider the radiation heat exchange inside an annulus between two very long concentric cylinders. The radius of the outer cylinder is $${R_0}$$ and that of the inner cylinder is $...

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2015 PYQ

The total emissive power of a surface is $$500$$ $$W/{m^2}$$ at a temperature $${T_1}$$ and $$1200$$ $$W/{m^2}$$ at a temperature $${T_2}$$, where the temperatures are in Kelvin. A...

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2014 PYQ

Two infinite parallel plates are placed at a certain distance apart. An infinite radiation shield is inserted between the plates without touching any of them to reduce heat exchang...

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2014 PYQ

A hemispherical furnace of $$1$$ $$m$$ radius has the inner surface (emissivity, $$\varepsilon = 1$$) of its roof maintained at $$800K,$$ while its floor $$\left( {\varepsilon = 0....

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2013 PYQ

Two large diffuse gray parallel plates, separated by a small distance, have surface temperatures of $$400$$ $$K$$ and $$300$$ $$K.$$ If the emissivities of the surfaces are $$0.8$$...

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2012 PYQ

For an opaque surface, the absorptivity $$\left( \alpha \right),$$ transmissivity $$\left( \tau \right)$$ and reflectivity $$\left( \rho \right)$$ are related by the equation:

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2008 PYQ

A hollow enclosure is formed between two infinitely concentric cylinders of radii $$1m$$ and $$2m$$ respectively. Radiative heat exchange takes place between the inner surface of t...

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2005 PYQ

A solid cylinder (surface $$2$$) is located at the center of a hollow sphere (surface $$1$$). The diameter of the sphere is $$1m,$$ while the cylinder has a diameter and length of...

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2003 PYQ

A plate having $$10\,\,c{m^2}$$ area each side is hanging in the middle of a room of $$100\,\,{m^2}$$ total surface area. The plate temperature and emissivity are respectively $$80...

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2002 PYQ

What is the value of the view factor for two inclined flat plates having common edge of equal width, and with an angle of $$20$$ degrees?

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1995 PYQ

Consider two large parallel plates, one at $${T_1} = {727^ \circ }C$$ with emissivity $${\varepsilon _1} = 0.8$$ and the other at $${T_2} = {227^ \circ }C\,$$ with emissivity $${\v...

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1994 PYQ

The shape factors with themselves of two infinitely long black body concentric cylinders with a dia ratio of $$3$$ are ....... For the inner and ..... for the outer

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1993 PYQ

The radiative heat transfer rate per unit area $$\left( {W/{m^2}} \right)$$ between two plane parallel gray surfaces (emissivity $$=0.9$$) maintained at $$400K$$ and $$300K$$ is ($...

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1991 PYQ

An object has the shape of cubical box of side $$10cm,$$ with no top cover. The box is placed inside a room whose dimensions are much larger than those of the box. All the five sur...

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1991 PYQ

A diffuse radiation surface has

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1989 PYQ

Two black plates, each one meter square, are placed parallel to each other in such a way that the radiation shape factor for the system is $$0.4.$$ If the plates are maintained at...

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1988 PYQ

For a glass plate transitivity and reflectivity are specified as $$0.86$$ and $$0.08$$ respectively, the absorptivity of the glass plate is

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