According to an Atomic Energy Commissionreport, a hydrogen bomb can be approximated as a large fireball at a temperature of 7200 K. You are to assess theimpact if such a bomb exploded 5 km above a city. Assumethe diameter of the fireball to be 1 km, and the blast to last15 s. Investigate the level of radiation energy people, plants,and houses will be exposed to and how adversely they will beaffected by the blast.

According to an Atomic Energy Commissionreport, a hydrogen bomb can be approximated as a large fireball at a temperature of 7200 K. You are to assess theimpact if such a bomb exploded 5 km above a city. Assumethe diameter of the fireball to be 1 km, and the blast to last15 s. Investigate the level of radiation energy people, plants,and houses will be exposed to and how adversely they will beaffected by the blast.

Principles of Heat Transfer (Activate Learning with these NEW titles from Engineering!)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305387102

Author:Kreith, Frank; Manglik, Raj M.

Publisher:Kreith, Frank; Manglik, Raj M.

Chapter1: Basic Modes Of Heat Transfer

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.28P: 1.28 The sun has a radius of and approximates a blackbody with a surface temperature of about 5800...

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1.28 The sun has a radius of and approximates a blackbody with a surface temperature of about 5800 K. Calculate the total rate of radiation from the sun and the emitted radiation flux per square meter of surface area.
Two large parallel plates with surface conditions approximating those of a blackbody are maintained at 816C and 260C, respectively. Determine the rate of heat transfer by radiation between the plates in W/m2 and the radiative heat transfer coefficient in W/m2K.
11.41 Determine the steady-state temperatures of two radiation shields placed in the evacuated space between two infinite planes at temperatures of 555 K and 278 K. The emissivity of all surfaces is 0.8.
1.26 Repeat Problem 1.25 but assume that the surface of the storage vessel has an absorbance (equal to the emittance) of 0.1. Then determine the rate of evaporation of the liquid oxygen in kilograms per second and pounds per hour, assuming that convection can be neglected. The heat of vaporization of oxygen at –183°C is .
11.68 Two infinitely large, black, plane surfaces are 0.3 m apart, and the space between them is filled by an isothermal gas mixture at 811 K and atmospheric pressure. The gas mixture consists of by volume. If one of the surfaces is maintained at 278 K and the other at 1390 K, calculate (a) the effective emissivity of the gas at its temperature, (b) the effective absorptivity of the gas to radiation from the 1390 K surface, (c) the effective absorptivity of the gas to radiation from the 278 K surface, and (d) the net rate of heat transfer to the gas per square meter of surface area.
11.31 A large slab of steel 0.1 m thick contains a 0.1 -m-di- ameter circular hole whose axis is normal to the surface. Considering the sides of the hole to be black, specify the rate of radiative heat loss from the hole. The plate is at 811 K, and the surroundings are at 300 K.