clear; clc; printf("\t\t\tExample Number 7.2\n\n\n"); // heat transfer from isothermal vertical plate // Example 7.2 (page no.-332) // solution H = 4;// [m] height of vertical plate Tp = 60;// [degree celsius] plate temperature Ta = 10;// [degree celsius] atmospheric temperature // we first determine the film temperature as Tf = (Tp+Ta)/2;// [degree celsius] // the properties of interest are thus v = 16.5*10^(-6);// [square meter/s] k = 0.02685;// [W/m degree celsius] Pr = 0.7;// prandtl number Beta = 1/(Tf+273);// [K^(-1)] g = 9.8;// [square meter/s] acceleration due to gravity // and Gr_into_Pr = (g*Beta*(Tp-Ta)*H^(3)*Pr)/(v^(2)); // we then may use equation (7-29) to obtain Nu_bar_root = 0.825+(0.387*(Gr_into_Pr)^(1/6))/(1+(0.492/Pr)^(9/16))^(8/27); Nu_bar = (Nu_bar_root)^(2); // the heat transfer coefficient is h_bar = Nu_bar*k/H;// [W/square meter degree celsius] // the heat transfer is A = H*10;// [square meter] for 10 m wide plate q = h_bar*A*(Tp-Ta);// [W] // as an alternative, we could employ the simpler relation Nu = 0.1*(Gr_into_Pr)^(1/3); printf("heat transfer if the plate is 10 m wide is %f W",q);