In an experiment, the local heat transfer over a flat plate were correlated in the form of local Nusselt number as expressed by the correlation Nux=0.035Rex^(0.8) Pr^(1/3) Determine the ratio of the average convection heat transfer coefficient (h) over the entire plate length to the local convection heat transfer coefficient (hx) (h/hx = L) at x = L.

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Answer:

[tex]\dfrac{\bar{h}}{h}=\dfrac{5}{4}[/tex]

Explanation:

Given that

[tex]Nu_x=0.035Re_x^{0.8} Pr^{1/3}[/tex]

We know that

Rex=ρvx/μ

So

[tex]Nu_x=0.035Re_x^{0.8} Pr^{1/3}[/tex]

[tex]Nu_x=0.035\times\left(\dfrac{\rho vx}{\mu}\right)^{0.8}Pr^{1/3}[/tex]

All other quantities are constant only x is a variable in the above equation .so lets take all other quantities as a constant C

[tex]Nu_x=C.x^{0.8}=C.x^{4/5}[/tex]

We also know that

Nux=hx/K

[tex]C.x^{4/5}=\dfrac{hx}{k}[/tex]

m is the constant

[tex]h=mx^{-1/5}[/tex]

This is local heat transfer coefficient

The average value of h given as

[tex]\bar{h}=\dfrac{\int_{0}^{L}hdx}{L}[/tex]

[tex]\bar{h}=\dfrac{5m}{4}\times\dfrac{L^{4/5}}{L}[/tex]

[tex]\bar{h}=\dfrac{5m}{4}L^{-1/5}[/tex]             ---------1

The value of local heat transfer coefficient at x=L

[tex]h=mx^{-1/5}[/tex]

[tex]h=mL^{-1/5}[/tex]            -----------2

From 1 and 2 we can say that

[tex]\dfrac{\bar{h}}{h}=\dfrac{5}{4}[/tex]

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