Abstract
An analysis is made of the transient free-convection, heat-transfer problem from vertical flat plates and vertical circular cylinders to a surrounding initially quiescent fluid. The transient is initiated by a change in wall temperature of the plate or cylinder. A method of predicting the length of time for which a one-dimensional regime of velocity and heat transfer will exist is proposed and solutions are presented. Good agreement is found with the few existing data.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 490-500 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Heat Transfer |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 1964 |