Heat transfer and fluid flow of natural convection along a vertical flat plate in the transition region: experimental analysis of the wall temperature field
Heat transfer and fluid flow of natural convection along a vertical flat plate in the transition region: experimental analysis of the wall temperature field
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过渡区垂直平板自然对流传热与流体流动:壁温场实验分析
DOI:
10.1016/0017-9310(95)00057-g
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
K. Komori
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作者:
T. Inagaki;K. Komori
Heat transfer and fluid flow of natural convection along a vertical flat plate were experimentally investigated in the transition region. Local heat transfer coefficients along a vertical flat plate were measured to distinguish the first transition region. The wall temperature and fluid flow were then visualized using a liquid crystal sheet and water-soluble fluorescent paint. Also discussed are the characteristic statistical quantities with the aid of visualizations for the velocity and temperature fields. It was revealed from a series of experiments that horseshoe-shaped low-temperature patterns appear on the wall and that they play a significant role in heat transfer. When the data was ensemble-averaged it was found that the characteristic time-and-space scales of the patterns are statistically independent of not only heat flux but also the position in which they occur. Moreover, W-shaped flow patterns, which possess three-dimensional and unstable structures, appear in the near-wall region. They play a significant role in the laminar to turbulent transition.