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SynonymNatural Thermal ConvectionFree Thermal Convection


One of the 
Heat Transfer mechanisms originating from Natural Fluid Convection

Churchill, S.W. and Chu, H.H.S. (1975) Correlating Equations for Laminar and Turbulent Free Convection from a Vertical Plate. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 18, 1323-1329.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0017-9310(75)90243-4


Fujii, T., and H. Imura. “Natural Convection Heat Transfer from a Plate with Arbitrary Inclination,” Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 15, p. 755, 1972.


Holman, J. P.  Heat Transfer, 10th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2010.

See also


Physics / Thermodynamics / Heat Transfer / Thermal Convection

Forced Thermal Convection ]


References




Part 6 How to Calculate the Free Convection Coefficient.pdf

AME60634_F13_lecture25.pdf