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October 26, 2011 17:35 |
nusselt number calculation
I'm stuck calculating nusselt number and I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I have a fully developed flow passing between infinite parallel plates. The flow is then heated by constant temperature plates. I have calculated a nondimensional temperature field theta.
Theta = (T-T_w)/(T_in-T_w) where T_w is the wall temperature and T_in is the inlet temp.
To find nusselt number I am using the equation Nu=(dtheta/dy)/theta_avg
dtheta/dy is (theta(boundary)-theta(interior))/dy
thetavg = theta u* dy
this is giving me all sorts of strange results even for the graetz problem. any ideas
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