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Chapter 6: Boundary Layer Flow

-Forced Convection Heat Transfer

Y.C. Shih September 2013

Chapter 6 Boundary Layer Flow-

Forced Convection




All experimental observations indicate that a fluid in

motion comes to a complete stop at the surface and

assumes a zero velocity relative to the surface (no-slip).

The no-slip condition is responsible for the development

of the velocity profile.

The flow region adjacent

to the wall in which the

viscous effects (and thus

the velocity gradients) are

significant is called the boundary layer.

6-1 Introduction (1)

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An implication of the no-slip condition is that heat transfer from

the solid surface to the fluid layer adjacent to the surface is by

pure conduction, and can be expressed as

Heat transfer coefficient

The convection heat transfer coefficient, in general, varies along

the flow direction.

2

0

(W/m )conv cond fluid

y

Tq q k

y

0 2 (W/m C)

fluid y

s

k T yh

T T


)( TThq sconv

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The Nusselt Number

It is common practice to nondimensionalize the heat transfer coefficient h with the Nusselt number

Heat flux through the fluid layer by convection and by conduction can be expressed as, respectively:

Taking their ratio gives

The Nusselt number represents the enhancement of heat transfer through a fluid layer as a result of convection relative to conduction across the same fluid layer.

Nu=1 pure conduction.

chLNu

k

convq h T cond

Tq k

L

/

conv

cond

q h T hLNu

q k T L k


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Viscous versus inviscid regions of flow

Internal versus external flow

Compressible versus incompressible flow

Laminar versus turbulent flow

Natural (or unforced) versus forced flow

Steady versus unsteady flow

One-, two-, and three-dimensional flows


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Velocity Boundary Layer: Consider the parallel flow of a fluid over a flat plate.

x-coordinate: along the plate surface

y-coordinate: from the surface in the normal direction.

The fluid approaches the plate in the x-direction with a uniform velocity V.

Because of the no-slip condition V(y=0)=0.

The presence of the plate is felt up to d.

Beyond d the free-stream velocity remains essentially unchanged.

The fluid velocity, u, varies from 0 at y=0 to nearly V at y=d.


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Velocity Boundary Layer:

The region of the flow above the plate bounded by d is called the velocity

boundary layer.

d is typically defined as

the distance y from the

surface at which

u=0.99V.

The hypothetical line of

u=0.99V divides the flow over a plate into two regions:

the boundary layer region, and

the irrotational flow region.


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Surface Shear Stress:

Consider the flow of a fluid over the surface of a plate.

The fluid layer in contact with the surface tries to drag the plate along via friction, exerting a friction force on it.

Friction force per unit area is called shear stress, and is denoted by t.

Experimental studies indicate that the shear stress for most fluids is proportional to the velocity gradient.

The shear stress at the wall surface for these fluids is expressed as

The fluids that that obey the linear relationship above are called Newtonian fluids.

The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to deformation.

2

0

(N/m )s

y

u

y


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The viscosities of liquids decrease with temperature, whereas the

viscosities of gases increase with temperature.

In many cases the flow velocity profile is

unknown and the surface shear stress ts

from Eq. 6–9 can not be obtained.

A more practical approach in external flow

is to relate ts to the upstream velocity V as

Cf is the dimensionless friction coefficient (most cases is determined

experimentally).

The friction force over the entire surface is determined from

22 (N/m )

2s f

VC

2

(N)2

f f s

VF C A


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Thermal Boundary Layer:

Like the velocity a thermal boundary layer develops when a fluid at a

specified temperature flows over a surface that is at a different

temperature.

Consider the flow of a fluid

at a uniform temperature of

T∞ over an isothermal flat

plate at temperature Ts.

The fluid particles in the

layer adjacent assume the surface temperature Ts.

A temperature profile develops that ranges from Ts at the surface to T∞

sufficiently far from the surface.

The thermal boundary layer ─ the flow region over the surface in

which the temperature variation in the direction normal to the surface is

significant.


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The thickness of the thermal boundary layer dt at any

location along the surface is defined as the distance

from the surface at which the temperature difference

T(y=dt)-Ts= 0.99(T∞-Ts).

The thickness of the thermal boundary layer increases

in the flow direction.

The convection heat transfer rate anywhere along the

surface is directly related to the temperature gradient

at that location.


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Prandtl Number:

The relative thickness of the velocity and the thermal

boundary layers is best described by the dimensionless

parameter Prandtl number, defined as

Heat diffuses very quickly in liquid metals (Pr«1) and very

slowly in oils (Pr»1) relative to momentum.

Consequently the thermal boundary layer is much thicker for

liquid metals and much thinner for oils relative to the velocity

boundary layer.

Molecular diffusivity of momentumPr

Molecular diffusivity of heat

pc

k


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Laminar and Turbulent Flows:

Laminar flow ─ the flow is characterized by smooth

streamlines and highly-ordered motion.

Turbulent flow ─ the flow is

characterized by velocity

fluctuations and

highly-disordered motion.

The transition from laminar

to turbulent flow does not

occur suddenly.


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The velocity profile in turbulent flow is much fuller than that in laminar flow, with a

sharp drop near the surface.

The turbulent boundary layer can be considered to consist of four regions:

Viscous sublayer

Buffer layer

Overlap layer

Turbulent layer

The intense mixing in turbulent flow enhances heat and momentum transfer, which

increases the friction force on the surface and the convection heat transfer rate.


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Reynolds Number:

The transition from laminar to turbulent flow depends on the surface geometry, surface roughness, flow velocity, surface temperature, and type of fluid.

The flow regime depends mainly on the ratio of the inertia forces to viscous forces in the fluid.

This ratio is called the Reynolds number, which is expressed for external flow as

At large Reynolds numbers (turbulent flow) the inertia forces are large relative to the viscous forces.

At small or moderate Reynolds numbers (laminar flow), the viscous forces are large enough to suppress these fluctuations and to keep the fluid “inline.”

Critical Reynolds number ─ the Reynolds number at which the flow becomes turbulent.

Inertia forcesRe

Viscous forces

c cVL VL


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Heat and Momentum Transfer in Turbulent Flow:

Turbulent flow is a complex mechanism dominated by fluctuations, and despite tremendous amounts of research the theory of turbulent flow remains largely undeveloped.

Knowledge is based primarily on experiments and the empirical or semi-empirical correlations developed for various situations.

Turbulent flow is characterized by random and rapid fluctuations of swirling regions of fluid, called eddies.

The velocity can be expressed as the sum

of an average value u and a fluctuating

component u’

'u u u


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It is convenient to think of the turbulent shear stress as consisting of two parts:

the laminar component, and

the turbulent component.

The turbulent shear stress can be expressed as

The rate of thermal energy transport by turbulent eddies is

The turbulent wall shear stress and turbulent heat transfer

mt ─ turbulent (or eddy) viscosity.

kt ─ turbulent (or eddy) thermal conductivity.

' 'turb pq c v T

' 'turb u v

' ' ; turb t turb p t

u Tu v q c vT k

y y


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The total shear stress and total heat flux can be expressed as

and

In the core region of a turbulent boundary layer ─ eddy motion

(and eddy diffusivities) are much larger than their molecular

counterparts.

Close to the wall ─ the eddy motion loses its intensity.

At the wall ─ the eddy motion diminishes because of the no-

slip condition.

turb t t

u u

y y

turb t p t

T Tq k k c

y y


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In the core region ─ the velocity and temperature profiles are very

moderate.

In the thin layer adjacent to the wall ─ the velocity and

temperature profiles are very steep.

Large velocity and temperature gradients at the wall

surface.

The wall shear stress

and wall heat flux are much larger

in turbulent flow than they

are in laminar

flow.


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