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Kays, W. M.

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Heat Transfer in Annular Passages - Hydrodynamically Developed Turbulent Flow with Arbitrarily Prescribed Heat Flux

The problem of turbulent flow heat transfer in a concentric circular tube annulus with fully developed velocity profile and constant heat rate per unit of length is considered. Experimentally obtained solutions are presented for the thermal entry length for a fluid with P(sub r) = 0·7. Asymptotic solutions (fully developed velocity and temperature profiles) are developed for a wide range of radius ratio, Reynolds number, and Prandtl number. The solutions are based on empirical velocity and eddy diffusivity profiles, and the validity of the solutions is demonstrated experimentally for P(sub r) = 0·7. A superposition method is demonstrated for solving the problem of asymmetric heating from the two surfaces of an annulus, and experimental data on asymmetric heating are presented which are in excellent agreement with the analysis. This paper is the third in a series (1, 2) culminating a four year study of heat transfer in annular passages.

Kays, W. M.↗

Heat Transfer in the Turbulent Incompressible Boundary Layer: Constant Wall Temperature - Part 1

Heat-transfer rates, velocity profiles, and temperature profiles for the turbulent incompressible flow of air over a flat plate with a constant surface temperature have been measured at Reynolds numbers up to 3.5 x lO(exp 6). The turbulent heat-transfer measurements agree well with the von Karman analogy, and the velocity profiles agree with the data of previous investigators. The temperature profiles are similar to the velocity profiles, both being adequately described by power formulas.

Reynolds, W. C.↗

Heat Transfer in the Turbulent Incompressible Boundary Layer: Step Wall-Temperature Distribution - Part 2

Heat-transfer rates and temperature profiles for the turbulent incompressible flow of air over a flat plate with a stepwise temperature distribution (unheated starting length) were measured for a variety of step positions at Reynolds numbers up to 3.5 x 10(exp 6). Comparison of the data with existing heat-transfer analyses indicates that an improved analysis is needed. An integral analysis is made that agrees very well with the data and allows a simple correction for the unheated starting length. In addition, a differential analysis is made that allows prediction of the temperature profiles from the velocity profiles, and good agreement with experimental profiles is obtained.

Reynolds, W. C.↗

Heat Transfer in the Turbulent Incompressible Boundary Layer: Arbitrary Wall Temperature and Heat Flux - 3

Superposition techniques are used to calculate the rate of heat transfer from a flat plate to a turbulent incompressible boundary layer for several cases of variable surface temperature. The predictions of a number of these calculations are compared with experimental heat-transfer rates, and good agreement is obtained. A simple computing procedure for determining the heat-transfer rates from surfaces with arbitrary wall-temperature distributions is presented and illustrated by two examples. The inverse problem of determining the temperature distribution from an arbitrarily prescribed heat flux is also treated, both experimentally and analytically.

Reynolds, W. C.↗

Heat Transfer in the Turbulent Incompressible Boundary Layer: Arbitrary Wall Temperature and Heat Flux - 3

Superposition techniques are used to calculate the rate of heat transfer from a flat plate to a turbulent incompressible boundary layer for several cases of variable surface temperature. The predictions of a number of these calculations are compared with experimental heat- transfer rates, and good agreement is obtained. A simple computing procedure for determining the heat-transfer rates from surfaces with arbitrary wall-temperature distributions is presented and illustrated by two examples. The inverse problem of determining the temperature distribution from an arbitrarily prescribed heat flux is also treated, both experimentally and analytically.

Reynolds, W. C.↗

Heat Transfer in the Turbulent Incompressible Boundary Layer: Effect of Location of Transition and Prediction of Heat Transfer in a Known Transition Region - IV

The effect of the location of transition on the heat transfer to the turbulent incompressible boundary layer is analyzed. The analysis indicates that considerably higher heat-transfer rates may occur for some distance downstream if the transition is very late. The results of a limited experimental investigation are in substantial agreement with the results of the analysis. If the extent of the transition region is known, the analysis also allows adequate prediction of heat-transfer coefficients within the transition region. The nature of this analysis is such that it should predict local shear coefficients in the transition region equally well.

Reynolds, W. C.↗