ABSTRACT
With the exception of space applications, there are hardly any practical thermal cooling problems that do not include convection. Convection involves heat transfer between the surface of a solid and its surrounding fluid. The rate at which heat is transferred is evaluated by
Q hA T T= ( )wall − ∞
This equation only looks simple! h-the heat transfer coefficient-varies depending on the flow regime, i.e., laminar or turbulent, geometry, and fluid properties.
