Steady-state Heat Transfer through an Ice Shelf

Suppose there is an ice shelf 400 meters high, where the bottom of the ice shelf is -2ºC and the top of the ice shelf is -28ºC. The thermal conductivity of ice is 2.1 W m 1 K 1 2.1 W{m}^{-1}{K}^{-1} . If the conductive heat transfer through the ice shelf is in a steady state, where the conductive heat flux is approximated by q c = q 0 k ^ \overrightarrow{{q}_{c}} = {q}_{0} \hat{k} , calculate the value of q 0 {q}_{0} .

Hint: use Fourier's Law q c = k T \overrightarrow{{q}_{c}} = -k \nabla T .


The answer is 0.1365.

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1 solution

Mvs Saketh
Mar 17, 2015

I really do not think this is level 5, because every one knows the formula

K A l ( T 2 T 1 ) \frac {KA}{l} (T_{2} - T_{1} ) :)

I agree :)

Aniket Sanghi - 4 years, 5 months ago

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I guess same is the problem with everyone as i initially faced that is Didnt read the question and saw some Flux related things and shutted it down!

Md Zuhair - 3 years, 4 months ago

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