Prediction of Turbulent-Free-Convective-Heat Transfer From a Vertical Flat Plate

1975 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Cebeci ◽  
A. Khattab
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Vertical Flat Plate ◽  
Free Convective Heat Transfer

Free Convection across Inclined Air Layers with One Surface V-Corrugated

1978 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. ElSherbiny ◽  
K. G. T. Hollands ◽  
G. D. Raithby
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Flat Plates ◽  
Plate Spacing ◽  
Air Layers ◽  
Free Convective Heat Transfer

Experimental measurements are presented for free convective heat transfer across inclined air layers, heated from below, and bounded by one V-corrugated plate and one flat plate. The measurements covered three values for the ratio, A, (average plate spacing to V-height), namely, A = 1, 2.5 and 4. It also covered angles of inclination with respect to the horizontal, θ, of 0, 30, 45 and 60 deg, and a range in Rayleigh number of 10 < Ra < 4 × 106. The study proves, both theoretically and experimentally, that the free convective heat transfer is essentially the same, regardless of whether the V-corrugated plate is above or below. It was found that for the same average plate spacing, L, the convective heat losses across air layers bounded by one V-corrugated and one flat plate are greater than those for two parallel flat plates by up to 50 percent for the range studied. Experimental results are given as plots of Nusselt number versus Rayleigh number. A correlation equation is given for Nusselt number, Nu, as a function of A, θ and Ra.

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