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Use of boundary‐layer theory to predict the effect of heat transfer on the laminar‐flow field in a vertical tube with a constant‐temperature wall
Author(s) -
Rosen Edward M.,
Hanratty Thomas J.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690070126
Subject(s) - laminar flow , mechanics , heat transfer , boundary layer , laminar flow reactor , tube (container) , thermodynamics , flow (mathematics) , constant (computer programming) , viscosity , field (mathematics) , chemistry , materials science , open channel flow , physics , mathematics , composite material , computer science , programming language , pure mathematics
Variations of density and viscosity with temperature cause distortions in the flow field and affect the rate of heat transfer to fluids in laminar flow in vertical tubes. The magnitude of these distortions is predicted through an approximate solution of the equations of motion and energy.