Keywords

Heat -- Convection, Natural, Heat -- Transmission, Single-phase natural convection, Cylindrical vertical channel, Nusselt number measurements, Non-uniform heat flux, Entrance and fully-developed thermal regions

Abstract

Presented in this paper is the first known experimental assessment of a single-phase natural convection in a cylindrical, vertical channel subjected to non-uniform or uniform heat flux. This work was conducted at the University of Central Florida in the College of Engineering.

The results of this experimental study were compared with theory. The experimental values of Nusselt numbers (Nu = hD/K) in the entrance and fully-developed regions were somewhat lower and higher, respectively, when compared with theory.

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Graduation Date

1986

Semester

Summer

Advisor

Gunnerson, Fred S.

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Engineering

Department

Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Sciences

Format

PDF

Pages

83 pages

Language

English

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Public Domain

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None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Identifier

DP0019581

Subjects

Heat--Convection, Natural; Heat--Convection--Experiments; Heat--Convection--Research; Heat--Convection--Mathematical models; Fluid dynamics--Experiments

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