A solid cylindrical bar conducts heat at a rate of 25 W from a hot to a cold reservoir under steady state conditions. If both th

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e length and the diameter of this bar are doubled, the rate at which it will conduct heat between these reservoirs will be

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expeople1 [14] · Answer 1 · 2020-07-01T02:42:04+03:00

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Using the new cylinder the heat rate between the reservoirs would be 50 W

Explanation:

Conduction could be described by the Law of Fourierin the form: $Q=kA\frac{T_1-T_2}{L}$ where $Q$ is the rate of heat transferred by conduction, $k$ is the thermal conductivity of the material, $T_1$ and $T_2$ are the temperatures of each heat deposit, $A$ is the cross area to the flow of heat, and ${L}$ is the distance that the flow of heat has to go.
For the original cylinder the Fourier's law would be: $kA_1\frac{T_1-T_2}{L_1}=25W$ , and if $A_1=\frac{\pi D_{1}^{2}}{4}$ , then the expression would be: $k\frac{\pi D_1^{2}}{4} \frac{T_1-T_2}{L_1}=25W$ where $D_1$ is the diameter of the original cylinder, and ${L_1}$ is the length of the original cylinder.
For the new cylinder, in the same fashion that for the first, Fourier's Law would be: $Q_2=k\frac{\pi D_2^2}{4}\frac{T_1-T_2}{L_2}$ ,where $Q_2$ is the heat rate in the second case, $D_2$ and ${L_2$ are the new diameter and length.
But, $D_2=2D_1$ and $L_2=2L_1$ , substituting in the expression for $Q_2$ : $Q_2=k\frac{\pi (2D_1)^2}{4}\frac{T_1-T_2}{2L_1}$ .
Rearranging: $Q_2=\frac{2^2}{2}(k\frac{\pi D_1^2}{4}\frac{T_1-T_2}{L_1})$ .
In the last declaration of $Q_2$ , it could be noted that the expressión inside the parenthesis is actually $Q_1$ , then: $Q_2=\frac{2^2}{2}(25W)=50W$ .
<u>It should be noted, that the temperatures in the hot and cold reservoirs never change.</u>