Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780073398181
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., Afshin J. Ghajar
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 17P
In a nuclear reactor, heat is generated uniformly in the 5-cm-diameter cylindrical uranium rods at a rate of
If the length of the rods is 1 m, determine the rate of heat generation in each rod.
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