International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.38, No.18, 3329-3339, 1995
An Experimental Investigation into Forced, Natural and Combined Forced and Natural Convective Heat-Transfer from Stationary Isothermal Circular Disks
Experimental heat transfer data are presented and dimensionless correlations developed for forced, natural and combined assisting forced and natural convection for heated stationary isothermal circular disks over wide ranges of the Reynolds, Rayleigh and modified Reynolds numbers, respectively. Experiments with air were performed For a variety of disks ranging in diameter and thickness-to-diameter aspect ratio. The correlation for combined forced and natural convection was developed utilizing the concept of a modified Reynolds number which accounts for a buoyancy-induced velocity. Utilizing this concept, the experimental data and respective empirical correlations for all three convection modes can be collapsed and plotted on the same continuous curve.