Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
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ISBN: 9780470501979
Author: Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt, Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.7P
Parallel flow of atmospheric air over a flat plate of length
Laboratory measurements of the local convection coefficient at the surface of the plate are made for a prescribed value of V and
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