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Forced convection around the human head.
Author(s) -
Clark R P,
Toy N
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.1975.sp010798
Subject(s) - forced convection , mechanics , convection , heat transfer coefficient , head (geology) , convective heat transfer , wind tunnel , aerodynamics , airflow , environmental science , materials science , meteorology , thermodynamics , heat transfer , physics , geology , geomorphology
1. The parameters determining the forced convective heat loss from a heated body in an air stream are outlined. 2. Local forced convective heat transfer distributions around the human head and a heated vertical cylinder at various wind speeds in a climatic chamber have been found to be similar and related to the aerodynamic flow patterns. 3. From the local convective coefficient distribution, values for the overall convective coefficient h‐c at various wind speeds have been evaluated. These are seen to agree closely with existing whole body coefficients determined by other methods.