Convective Heat Transfer over a Flat Plate: Interactive Simulation
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Simulation: Boundary Layer
Try to answer these questions before determining the answer with the simulation. We suggest that you write down the reasons for your answers.
- Where does most of the heat transfer occur along the plate? At the leading edge of the plate or the trailing edge?
- When the Prandtl number is 0.6, what is thicker, the momentum boundary layer or the thermal boundary layer? How about when the Prandtl number is 3?