KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-8

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    A solid cylinder of radius.?, made of a material of thermal conductivity K, is surrounded by a hollow cylinder of inner radius R and outer radius 2R made of material of thermal conductivity the two ends of the combined system are maintained at two different temperatures. There is no loss of heat across the cylindrical surface and the system is in steady state. The effective thermal conductivity of the system is

    A) \[{{K}_{1}}+{{K}_{2}}\]                    

    B) \[\frac{{{K}_{1}}+3{{K}_{2}}}{4}\]

    C) \[\frac{{{K}_{1}}.{{K}_{2}}}{{{K}_{1}}+{{K}_{2}}}\]                      

    D) \[\frac{3{{K}_{1}}+{{K}_{2}}}{4}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Rate of flow of heat in the combined system =rate of flow of heat through cross-section of inner cylinder +rate of flow of heat through cross- section of outer shell\[=\frac{KA\left( {{\theta }_{1}}-{{\theta }_{2}} \right)}{l}\]\[=\frac{{{K}_{1}}{{A}_{1}}\left( {{\theta }_{1}}-{{\theta }_{2}} \right)}{l}+\frac{{{K}_{2}}{{A}_{2}}\left( {{\theta }_{1}}-{{\theta }_{2}} \right)}{l}\]
    \[\Rightarrow KA={{K}_{1}}{{A}_{1}}+{{K}_{2}}{{A}_{2}}\]\[\Rightarrow K\pi {{\left( 2R \right)}^{2}}={{K}_{1}}\left( \pi {{R}^{2}} \right)+{{K}_{2}}\pi \left[ {{\left( 2R \right)}^{2}}-{{R}^{2}} \right]\]\[\Rightarrow \pi {{R}^{2}}\left( K\times 4 \right)=\pi {{R}^{2}}\left( {{K}_{1}}+3{{K}_{2}} \right)\]\[\therefore K=\frac{{{K}_{1}}+3{{K}_{2}}}{4}\]


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