Chap07 External Forced Convection

Heat and Mass Transfer, 3rd Edition
Yunus A. Cengel
McGraw-Hill, New York, 2007
CHAPTER 7
EXTERNAL FORCED
CONVECTION
Prof. Dr. Ali PINARBAŞI

Yildiz Technical University
Mechanical Engineering Department
Yildiz, ISTANBUL
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Objectives
• Evaluate the heat transfer associated with flow over a flat plate for both
laminar and turbulent flow, and flow over cylinders and spheres
• Distinguish between internal and external flow,
• Develop an intuitive understanding of friction drag and pressure drag, and

evaluate the average drag and convection coefficients in external flow,
• Evaluate the drag and heat transfer associated with flow over a flat plate
for both laminar and turbulent flow,
• Calculate the drag force exerted on cylinders during cross flow, and the
average heat transfer coefficient, and
• Determine the pressure drop and the average heat transfer coefficient
associated with flow across a tube bank for both in-line and staggered
configurations.
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DRAG AND HEAT TRANSFER IN EXTERNAL FLOW
Fluid flow over solid bodies cause physical

phenomena such as
• drag force
• automobiles
• power lines
• lift force
• airplane wings
• cooling of metal or plastic sheets.
Free-stream velocity ─ the velocity of the

fluid relative to an immersed solid body
sufficiently far from the body.
The fluid velocity ranges from zero at the

surface (the no-slip condition) to the free-
stream value away from the surface.
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FRICTION AND PRESSURE DRAG
The force a flowing fluid exerts on a body in
the flow direction is called drag.
Drag is compose of:
• pressure drag,
• friction drag (skin friction drag).
The drag force FD depends on the
• density r of the fluid,
• the upstream velocity V, and
• the size, shape, and orientation of the
body.
The dimensionless drag coefficient CD is
defined as
Drag force acting on a flat plate

normal to the flow depends on the
pressure only and is independent
of the wall shear, which acts
For flat plate:
4 normal to the free-stream flow.
At low Reynolds numbers, most drag is due to friction drag.
The friction drag is also proportional to the surface area.
The pressure drag is proportional to the frontal area and to the difference between
the pressures acting on the front and back of the immersed body.
The pressure drag is usually dominant for blunt bodies and negligible for
streamlined bodies.
When a fluid separates from a body, it forms a separated region between the body
and the fluid stream.
The larger the separated region, the larger the pressure drag.
Separation during flow over a

tennis ball and the wake region.
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Heat Transfer
Local and average Nusselt numbers:
Average Nusselt number:
Film temperature:
Average friction coefficient
Average heat transfer coefficient:
The heat transfer rate:
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PARALLEL FLOW OVER FLAT PLATES
The transition from laminar to turbulent flow depends on the surface geometry,
surface roughness, upstream velocity, surface temperature, and the type of
fluid, among other things, and is best characterized by the Reynolds number.
The Reynolds number at a distance x from the leading edge of a flat plate is
expressed as
A generally accepted value for the

Critical Reynold number
The actual value of the engineering

critical Reynolds number for a flat
plate may vary somewhat from 105
to 3 ´ 106, depending on the
surface roughness, the turbulence
level, and the variation of pressure
along the surface.
Laminar and turbulent regions of the
boundary layer during flow over a flat plate.
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Friction Coefficient
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The local Nusselt number at a location x for laminar flow over a flat plate
may be obtained by solving the differential energy equation to be
These relations are for isothermal and

smooth surfaces
The local friction and heat transfer

coefficients are higher in turbulent
flow than they are in laminar flow.
Also, hx reaches its highest values
when the flow becomes fully
turbulent, and then decreases by a
factor of x−0.2 in the flow direction.
The variation of the local friction
and heat transfer coefficients for
flow over a flat plate.
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Nusselt numbers for average heat transfer coefficients
Laminar +
turbulent
For liquid metals
For all liquids, all Prandtl numbers
the average heat transfer coefficient for a flat

10 plate with combined laminar and turbulent flow.
Flat Plate with Unheated Starting Length
Local Nusselt numbers
Average heat transfer coefficients
Flow over a flat plate with an

unheated starting length.
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Uniform Heat Flux
For a flat plate subjected to uniform heat flux
These relations give values that are 36 percent higher for laminar flow and 4
percent higher for turbulent flow relative to the isothermal plate case.
When heat flux is prescribed, the rate of heat transfer to or from the plate and
the surface temperature at a distance x are determined from
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FLOW OVER CYLINDERS AND SPHERES
Flow over cylinders and spheres is frequently encountered in practice.
The tubes in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger involve both internal flow through
the tubes and external flow over the tubes.
Many sports such as soccer, tennis, and golf involve flow over spherical balls.
The characteristic length for a circular cylinder or sphere is taken to be the
external diameter D.
The critical Reynolds number for flow across a circular cylinder or sphere is
about Recr≅ 2 105. That is, the boundary layer remains laminar for about Re≤
2x105 and becomes turbulent for Re ≥ 2x105.
At very low velocities, the fluid

completely wraps around the
cylinder.
Flow in the wake region is

characterized by periodic
vortex formation and low
pressures.
Laminar boundary layer separation with a turbulent

13 wake; flow over a circular cylinder at Re=2000.
For flow over cylinder or sphere, both the friction drag and the pressure drag can
be significant.
The high pressure in the vicinity of the stagnation point and the low pressure on
the opposite side in the wake produce a net force on the body in the direction of
flow.
The drag force is primarily due to friction drag at low Reynolds numbers (Re<10)
and to pressure drag at high Reynolds numbers (Re>5000).
Both effects are significant at intermediate Reynolds numbers.
Average drag coefficient for cross-flow over a smooth circular cylinder

and a smooth sphere.
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Effect of Surface Roughness
Surface roughness, in general, increases the drag coefficient in turbulent flow.
This is especially the case for streamlined bodies.
For blunt bodies such as a circular cylinder or sphere, however, an increase in
the surface roughness may increase or decrease the drag coefficient depending
on Reynolds number.
15 The effect of surface roughness on the drag coefficient of a sphere.

Heat Transfer Coefficient
• Flows across cylinders and spheres,

in general, involve flow separation,
which is difficult to handle analytically.
• Flow across cylinders and spheres

has been studied experimentally by
numerous investigators, and several
empirical correlations have been
developed for the heat transfer
coefficient.
Variation of the local heat transfer coefficient along the

16 circumference of a circular cylinder in cross flow of air
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For flow over a cylinder
The fluid properties are evaluated at the film temperature
For flow over a sphere
The fluid properties are evaluated at the free-stream temperature T¥,

except for µs, which is evaluated at the surface temperature Ts.
Constants C and m are given in the table.
The relations for cylinders above are for single cylinders or cylinders oriented such
that the flow over them is not affected by the presence of others. They are
applicable to smooth surfaces.
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FLOW ACROSS TUBE BANKS
Cross-flow over tube banks is commonly encountered in
practice in heat transfer equipment, e.g., heat exchangers.
In such equipment, one fluid moves through the tubes while

the other moves over the tubes in a perpendicular direction.
Flow through the tubes can be analyzed by considering flow

through a single tube, and multiplying the results by the
number of tubes.
For flow over the tubes the tubes affect the flow pattern and
turbulence level downstream, and thus heat transfer to or
from them are altered.
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Typical arrangement
• in-line
• staggered
The outer tube diameter D is the characteristic length.
The arrangement of the tubes are characterized by the
• transverse pitch ST,
• longitudinal pitch SL , and the
• diagonal pitch SD between tube centers.
In-line
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Staggered
The diagonal pitch:
Re number based on max. velocity:
Max. velocity (in-line):
Max. velocity (staggered):

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Nusselt number
Average temperature of inlet and exit

(for property evaluation):
Nusselt number (< 16 rows):
Log mean temp. dif.
Exit temperature:
Heat transfer rate:
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PRESSURE DROP
Another quantity of interest associated with tube banks is the pressure drop
ΔP, which is the irreversible pressure loss between the inlet and the exit of the
tube bank.
f is the friction factor and 𝝌 is the correction factor.

𝝌 : The correction factor given is used to account for the effects of deviation
from square arrangement (in-line) and from equilateral arrangement
(staggered).
Note that 𝝌=1 for both square and equilateral triangle arrangements.
Also, pressure drop occurs in the flow direction, and thus we used NL (the
number of rows) in the ΔP relation.
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Friction factor f and
𝝌 correction factor
for tube banks
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SUMMARY
Parallel Flow Over Flat Plates
• Flat Plate with Unheated Starting Length, Uniform Heat Flux
Flow Across Cylinders and Spheres
Flow across Tube Banks
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Heat and Mass Transfer, 3rd Edition

Prof. Dr. Ali PINARBAŞI

• Distinguish between internal and external flow,

• Develop an intuitive understanding of friction drag and pressure drag, and

Fluid flow over solid bodies cause physical

Free-stream velocity ─ the velocity of the

The fluid velocity ranges from zero at the

Drag force acting on a flat plate

Separation during flow over a

Average Nusselt number:

Average friction coefficient

Average heat transfer coefficient:

The heat transfer rate:

A generally accepted value for the

The actual value of the engineering

These relations are for isothermal and

The local friction and heat transfer

For liquid metals

For all liquids, all Prandtl numbers

the average heat transfer coefficient for a flat

Average heat transfer coefficients

Flow over a flat plate with an

At very low velocities, the fluid

Flow in the wake region is

Laminar boundary layer separation with a turbulent

Average drag coefficient for cross-flow over a smooth circular cylinder

15 The effect of surface roughness on the drag coefficient of a sphere.

• Flows across cylinders and spheres,

• Flow across cylinders and spheres

Variation of the local heat transfer coefficient along the

The fluid properties are evaluated at the film temperature

For flow over a sphere

The fluid properties are evaluated at the free-stream temperature T¥,

Constants C and m are given in the table.

In such equipment, one fluid moves through the tubes while

Flow through the tubes can be analyzed by considering flow

The diagonal pitch:

Re number based on max. velocity:

Max. velocity (in-line):

Max. velocity (staggered):

Average temperature of inlet and exit

Nusselt number (< 16 rows):

Log mean temp. dif.

Heat transfer rate:

f is the friction factor and 𝝌 is the correction factor.

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