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Measurement of the Convective Heat-Transfer Coefficient
Rosaria ContiA. Agliolo GallittoEmilio Fiordilinosubject
Thermal equilibriumConvectionPhysicsNatural thermal convectionPhysics - Physics EducationFOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Physics and AstronomyHeat transfer coefficientMechanicsLaboratory experiments and apparatusEducationPhysics::Fluid DynamicsPhysics Education (physics.ed-ph)Temperature differenceExponential decayConstant (mathematics)Thermal constantNatural thermal convection; Laboratory experiments and apparatusdescription
We propose an experiment for investigating how objects cool down toward the thermal equilibrium with its surrounding through convection. We describe the time dependence of the temperature difference of the cooling object and the environment with an exponential decay function. By measuring the thermal constant tau, we determine the convective heat-transfer coefficient, which is a characteristic constant of the convection system.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-01 |