Analysis of Turbulent Free-Convection Boundary Layer on Flat Plate (open access)

Analysis of Turbulent Free-Convection Boundary Layer on Flat Plate

"With the use of Karman's integrated momentum equation for the boundary layer and data on the wall-shearing stress and heat transfer in forced-convection flow, a calculation was carried out for the flow and heat transfer in the turbulent free-convection boundary layer on a vertical flat plate. The calculation is for a fluid with a Prandtl number that is close to 1. A formula was derived for the heat-transfer coefficient that was in good agreement with experimental data in the range of Grashof numbers from 10sup10 to 10sup12" (p. 1).
Date: July 12, 1950
Creator: Eckert, E. R. G. & Jackson, Thomas W.
System: The UNT Digital Library