ou have experienced convection cooling if you have ever extended your handout of the window of a moving vehicle or into a flowing water stream. With the surface of your hand at a temperature of 30 oC, determine the convection heat flux for a) a vehicle speed of 35 km/h in air at -5 oC with convection coefficient of 40 W/m2 .K and b) a velocity of 0.2 m/s in a water stream at 10 oC with convection coefficient of 900 W/m2.K. Which condition would feel colder? Contrast these results with a heat loss of approximately 30 W/m2 under normal room conditions.

ou have experienced convection cooling if you have ever extended your handout of the window of a moving vehicle or into a flowing water stream. With the surface of your hand at a temperature of 30 oC, determine the convection heat flux for a) a vehicle speed of 35 km/h in air at -5 oC with convection coefficient of 40 W/m2 .K and b) a velocity of 0.2 m/s in a water stream at 10 oC with convection coefficient of 900 W/m2.K. Which condition would feel colder? Contrast these results with a heat loss of approximately 30 W/m2 under normal room conditions.

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8th Edition

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Author:Kreith, Frank; Manglik, Raj M.

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Chapter1: Basic Modes Of Heat Transfer

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