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HEAT TRANSFER
TABLE 9–1
Empirical correlations for the average Nusselt number for natural convection over surfaces
Characteristic
Geometry length Lc Range of Ra Nu
Ts 109–1013 Nu 0.1Ra1/3
L (9-20)
L
L Entire range Nu 0.825
[1
0.387Ra1/
L
(0.492/Pr)
6
9/16 8/27
]
2
(9-21)
Hot surface Ts
A s /p
(b) Lower surface of a hot plate
(or upper surface of a cold plate)
105–1011 Nu 0.27Ra1/4
L (9-24)
Ts
Hot surface
Horizontal cylinder
Ts D RaD 1012 Nu 0.6
[1
0.387Ra 1/6
D
Sphere 0.589RaD1/4
RaD 1011 Nu 2 (9-26)
[1 (0.469/Pr)9/16]4/9
D D (Pr 0.7)