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EFFECT OF NATURAL CONVECTION ON TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER IN THE CRITICAL REGION. Interim Technical Report No. 2 @for July 1, 1959-December 31, 1959

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4160392

Equations were developed for predicting the effect of natural convection on heat transfer in turbulent flow in vertical tubes. The effect of natural convection was to flatten the velocity profile, and this effect is negligible except at high Grashof numbers (Gr). The critical value of Gr is a function of the Reynolds' number. Charts were developed for CO/sub 2/, showing the specific relation between Nusselt, Reynolds, and Grashof numbers in the critical region. (For preceding period see OOR-2000.1.) (C.J.G.)

Research Organization:
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill.
NSA Number:
NSA-14-022998
OSTI ID:
4160392
Report Number(s):
OOR-2000.2; AD-231798
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English