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Radiation

GATE Mechanical Engineering · 21 questions across 18 years (1988-2023) · 45% recurrence rate

Recurrence sparkline

1988–2023
198820062023

Difficulty mix

easy 48%
med 48%
hard 5%

Question types

MCQ13
NAT7
OTHER1

All 21 questions on Radiation

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

Med✓
2022 PYQ

A flat plate made of cast iron is exposed to a solar flux of 600 W/m 2 at an ambient temperature of 25 °C. Assume that the entire solar flux is absorbed by the plate. Cast iron has a low-temperature absorptivity of 0.21....

Med
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, $${\varepsilon _1} = 0.5,\,\,{\varepsilon _2}...

Easy
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 $${R_i}$$ . The radiation view factor of...

Easy✓
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. Assuming the emissivity of the surface to...

Easy✓
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 exchange between the plates. Assume that the em...

Easy✓
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 $$\left( {\varepsilon = 0.5} \right)$$ is kept at $$600K$$. Stefan...

Med
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 $$0.8$$ and the Stefan-Boltzmann constant is $$...

Easy✓
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:

Easy✓
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 the larger cylinder (surface $$-2$$) and...

Easy✓
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 $$0.5m$$ each. The radiation configurati...

Med✓
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 $$800$$ $$K$$ and $$0.6.$$ The temperature a...

Med✓
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?

Med✓
2000 PYQ

A thin metal plate is exposed to solar radiation. The air and the surroundings are at $${30^ \circ }C\,.$$ The heat transfer coefficient by free convection from the upper surface of the plate is $$17.4$$ $$\,W/{m^2}K$$....

Med
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 $${\varepsilon _2} = 0.4.$$ An aluminium radi...

Med
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

Easy
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 ($${{\sigma _b} = }$$ Stephen Boltzmann co...

Med✓
1991 PYQ

A diffuse radiation surface has

Easy✓
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 surfaces of box are at a temp of $${500^ \c...

Hard
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 $${800^ \circ }C$$ and $${400^ \circ }C$...

Med
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

Easy✓