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Description: Average heat transfer coefficient over a flat plate, laminar flow, uniform surface temperature.

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Calculate:
Insert surface temperature (Ts), fluid temperature (Tf), fluid pressure (P), lenght (L) and fluid velocity (v) and press 'Calculate'.
Fluid: Ts (K): Tf (K): Pressure (Pa): L (m): v (m/s):
Fluid properties:
ρ=995.35 kg/m3
cp=4,178.85 J/(kg.K)
μ=0.000776027 Pa.s
k=0.6191 W/(m.K)
Dimensionless numbers
Re=1,282,627.14
Pr=5.24
Heat transfer coefficient
h=808.54 W/m2.K



Heat Transfer Research Group - HTRG
University of Sao Paulo - USP