Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Over a Flat Plate MANE 4020 Fall 2005
(x) U0U0 U(y) UU xoxo U(x,0)=0 Boundary layer thickness: y U(y)/ U =0.99 Fluid Problem: Friction and Boundary layer Shear stress
Measurement of the Velocity Profile U
Laminar flow Turbulent flow Skin Friction Coefficient Skin Friction Correlations Skin Friction Measurement From: (difficult to get u near to wall)
Boundary layer models y + 30 y + 5 1/7th Power Law More exact expression
Boundary layer models
Convection Heat Transfer It quantifies the energy transfer between a fluid at one temperature flowing over a solid object at a different temperature. - q” is the heat flux (J/s m 2 = W/m 2 ) T is the difference between fluid temperature (in the freestream) and the solid wall temperature -A is the surface area of the solid. -q is the total heat transfer from a surface (Watts).
Two common questions of any convective heat transfer problem Given the distribution of surface temperature as a function of position along a surface, what is the distribution of local heat flux? Given the distribution of local surface heat flux as a function of position along a surface, what is the distribution of surface temperature? T fluid T solid
Fluid flow and heat transfer over flat plate - A complex problem (x) U 0, T 0 U(x,y) T w (x) T (x) U (x) (x) T(x,y) xoxo qwqw qwqw qwqw qwqw U(x,0)=0 Tw>Tinf Re x = U * x/ is the criterion for the Turbulent/Laminar Re x >10 5 for the flat plate flow Re d >2300, for the pipe flow
h is the property of flow Pr is the property of fluid Laminar flow – can be derived Turbulent flow - experimental Dimensionless heat transfer coefficient (Stanton #)
St decreases with the increase of Re. St increases when the flow becomes turbulent flow.
Measurement of heat transfer coefficient (I) Q0Q0 Q convection Q radiation Q conduction
T black TT TT T plate R conv R rad R cond Measurement of heat transfer coefficient (II)
The plate is constructed of four layers of materials: Four, 2 in. wide Ni-Chrome heating strips which are embedded in fiberglass and epoxy resin; 3/8 in. balsa wood; 5/8 in. plywood; 1/8 in. plywood.
Q o = VI h Measurement of heat transfer coefficient (III)
Structure of Wind Tunnel Wind supply: Blower /Fan (quantity supply); Settling chamber (quality supply) Honeycomb, Mesh Screen To reduce turbulence