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salihovic

November 16, 2015 08:59

Area-Averaged Heat flux or integral heat flux

I have a finned surface in fluent.

Should I use area-avearge or integral heat flux in FLUENT (report) to make comparisons?

LuckyTran

November 16, 2015 10:30

The area-averaged gives you an average over the surface. The integral of the heat flux gives you the total heat transferred. Which do you want to compare?

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