An improved method of Nusselt number calculation

Analytical Determination of the Nusselt Number in the Entrance Region

Analytical Determination of the Nusselt Number in the Entrance Region

Analysis of the Nusselt number in pulsating pipe flow

Much attention has been given to the possibility of enhancing the heat transfer rate by superimposing pulsation on a mean flow inside a confined passageway. Industrial applications can be found in Stifling engines and reciprocating cycles, to name a few. A perusal of the relevant literature reveals that pulsating flows in a pipe and the attendant heat transfer have been the subject of several a...

Calculation of wedged dose distributions using an analytical method

Introduction: Wedge filters are used in radiotherapy to modify photon beam and improve dose uniformity in the target volume. Determination of wedge dose distribution is important to improve treatment planning accuracy. The utilization of treatment planning software to obtain dose distribution is not always available. In this work an analytical model has been developed to calcu...

Nusselt number measurements for turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection.

We present high-precision measurements of the Nusselt number N as a function of the Rayleigh number R for a cylindrical sample of water (Prandtl number sigma=4.4) of height L approximately equal to 50 cm and aspect ratio Gamma identical with D/L approximately equal to 1 (D is the diameter) for 3 x 10(9)< or =R< or =6 x 10(10). For R approximately 3 x 10(9) the data are consistent with existing ...