• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

PE Exam Passpoint by EMI

On demand FE & PE exam support from your peers who passed. Their challenges will become your success.

  • Exams
    • PE Exam
    • FE exam
    • Webinars
  • Videos
  • Books
  • Blog
  • YouTube
  • Corporate
  • Sponsors
  • Contact

FE Mechanical Exam Review: Calculating Heat Transfer Through A Concrete Wall

May 3, 2022 by Anthony Fasano, P.E. Leave a Comment

In this article, (and video above), we’re going to calculate the heat transfer through a concrete wall. This question forms part of the Mechanical section of the FE Exam and will give you a better understanding of what you can expect during the exam.  This week’s problem was solved by Enrique Ivers, an Engineer in Training.

Question:

A concrete wall is 20 cm thick and has an overall thermal resistance of 0.2 m2 ·°C/W. The temperature difference between the two wall surfaces is 5°C. What is most nearly the heat transfer through the wall?

Solution:

Find the heat transfer per unit area:

Heat Transfer

Answer:

The correct answer is D.

Heat Transfer

This Episode Is Brought to You by PPI

Environmental EngineeringPPI has helped engineers achieve their licensing goals since 1975. Passing the FE and PE exams can open doors to career advancement and new opportunities. Check out PPI’s wide range of prep options, including Live Online courses, OnDemand courses, and digital study tools to help prepare you to pass your licensing exam here.

I hope you found this week’s FE Environmental engineering exam prep question helpful. In upcoming articles, I will answer more FE Exam questions and run through more practice problems. We publish videos bi-weekly on our Pass the FE Exam YouTube Channel.  Be sure to visit our page here and click the subscribe button as you’ll get expert tips and tricks – to ensure your best success – that you can’t get anywhere else. Believe me, you won’t want to miss a single video.

Lastly, I encourage you to ask questions in the comments of the videos or here on this page and I’ll read and respond to them in future videos. So, if there’s a specific topic you want me to cover or answer, we have you covered.

I’ll see you next week.

Anthony Fasano, P.E.
Engineering Management Institute
Author of Engineer Your Own Success

Related Posts

  • FE Mathematics Exam Prep Question
  • FE Exam Questions Breakdown
  • Environmental Engineering Exam: FE Exam Prep
  • Preparing for Conceptual Questions: FE Exam
  • The FE Exam Passing Score Is...

Filed Under: Blog Posts, FE Exam, Videos Tagged With: Best fe exam preparation, Calculating Heat Transfer, FE Exam, fe exam prep, FE Mechanical Exam Review, heat transfer per unit, heat transfer per unit area, Heat Transfer Through A Concrete Wall, heat transfer through the wall, temperature difference between the two wall surfaces

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Categories

  • Blog Posts
  • FE Exam
  • PE Exam
  • Videos

FE Exam

PE Exam

Copyright © 2025 • All Rights Reserved • Property of Engineering Management Institute • Terms of Service • Privacy Policy