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Modelling of combined forced‐ and natural‐convection heat transfer over upward‐facing horizontal heated flat plates
Author(s) -
Kudo K.,
Kato T.,
Chida H.,
Takagi S.,
Tsui N.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.878
Subject(s) - forced convection , natural convection , combined forced and natural convection , mechanics , heat transfer , convection , thermal , convective heat transfer , thermodynamics , rayleigh–bénard convection , materials science , physics
A combination of forced‐ and natural‐convection heat transfer from upward‐facing horizontal heated flat plates is modelled by a phenomenological method considering thermal release due to instability of the thermal boundary layer. This model is shown to be able to explain the phenomena in heat transfer characteristics from exclusively forced convection to mixed convection and further from mixed convection to pure natural convection. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.