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Heat transfer from the inner surface of a sphere by free convection

Journal Article · · Heat Transfer - Japanese Research; (USA)
OSTI ID:5773351
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  1. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst. (JP)
This paper reports the free convection heat transfer from the inner surface of a sphere studied by using the integral boundary layer equations. An analysis was made for the condition that the sphere surface was cooled and the top of the sphere was a stagnation point. Approximate solutions agreed well with numerical solutions for Prandtl numbers Pr {ge} 1. The analytic results were compared with the experimental results of free convection made in a hemisphere. The Nusselt numbers of both results agreed within about 15%.
OSTI ID:
5773351
Journal Information:
Heat Transfer - Japanese Research; (USA), Journal Name: Heat Transfer - Japanese Research; (USA) Vol. 18:4; ISSN HTJPA; ISSN 0096-0802
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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