Consider steady, laminar, two-dimensional flow over a hot plate. Does the convective heat transfer coefficient (h) increase, decrease, or remain constant with distance from the leading edge? Explain.

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Consider steady, laminar, two-dimensional flow over a hot plate. Does the convective heat transfer coefficient (h) increase, decrease, or remain constant with distance from the leading edge? Explain.

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