External_Flow_Plate_ND_local
Procedure External_Flow_Plate_ND_local(Re, Pr: Nusselt, C_f) returns the local Nusselt number and local friction coefficient for flow parallel to a flat plate.
Inputs:
Re - local Reynold's number [-], where
where
r is the density of the fluid
m is the viscosity of the fluid
x is the position relative to the leading edge of the plate
u_infinity is the velocity of the flow
Pr - Prandtl number [-], where
where
c_p is the specific heat capacity of the fluid
k is the conductivity
Outputs:
Nusselt - local Nusselt number assuming a constant wall temperature[-]. The Nusselt number is defined:
where
h is the average heat transfer coefficient
C_f - local friction coefficient [-]. The friction coefficient is defined:
where
t is the local shear stress
Notes
This procedure uses the correlations presented in Nellis and Klein (2018) to determine the local Nusselt number and friction coefficient.
The Reynolds and Prandtl numbers are based on fluid properties evaluated at the film temperature, which is the average of the free stream and the surface temperatures.
Note that the procedure External_Flow_Plate_L_ND_local provides the same functionality but uses the more accurate correlations described by Lienhard (2020) that include the impact of the transition region.
Example:
Re=1e6
Pr=0.7
Call external_flow_plate_nd_local(Re,Pr: Nusselt,C_f)
{Solution:
C_f=0.003752
Nusselt=1666
}