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October 14, 2012, 19:24 |
average NUSSELT NUMBER THROUGH PIPE
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MOHSEN HAMED
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DEAR ALL
I have aproblem that my case is * constant heat flux * straight pipe when i get the average nusselt number i see that the ref. value of temperature is the temperature of the inlet fluid and really the temperature is not the inlet temperature it is higher than it can any one help me |
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October 14, 2012, 20:29 |
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Syavash Asgari
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The ref. temperature is what you define in ref. value panel. For pipe flow one may consider different ref. temperatures including inlet temperature or bulk mean temperature or whatsoever. Goodluck |
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