clear; clc; // A Textbook on HEAT TRANSFER by S P SUKHATME // Chapter 6 // Heat Transfer by Natural Convection // Example 6.6 // Page 270 printf("Example 6.6, Page 270 \n \n"); T_air = 30 ; // [C] D = 0.04 ; // [m] T_s = 70 ; // surface temperature, [C] V = 0.3 ; // [m/s] Tm = (T_air + T_s)/2 ; // [C] // Properties at Tm v = 17.95*10^-6 ; // [m^2/s] Pr = 0.698 ; k = 0.0283 ; // [W/m K] Gr = 9.81*1/323*(T_s-T_air)*(D^3)/v^2; Re = V*D/v ; X = Gr/Re^2 ; printf("Since Gr/Re^2 = %f is > 0.2, we have a combined convection situation. \n\n",X); // From Eqn 5.9.8 Nu_forced = 0.3 + 0.62*(Re^0.5)*(Pr^(1/3))/[[1+(0.4/Pr)^(2/3)]^(1/4)]*[1+(Re/282000)^(5/8)]^(4/5); // Substituting in Eqn 6.5.1 Nu = Nu_forced*[1+6.275*(X)^(7/4)]^(1/7); h = Nu*(k/D); printf("The Average heat transfer coefficient = %f W/m^2 K",h);