Convection to rotating disks with rough surfaces in the presence of an axial flow

The effect of surface roughness on convective heat transfer from an axial flow to a rotating disk has been measured using the transient heating technique. A hot air flow directed at the disk was set up in a time of less than a second and local heat transfer coefficients were deduced from the tempera...

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Published in:Experimental thermal and fluid science 2001-08, Vol.25 (1), p.3-11
Main Authors: Axcell, B.P., Thianpong, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Convective and constrained heat transfer
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Heat transfer
Liquid crystals
Natural convection
Physics
Rotating disks
Surface roughness
Transient heating technique
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Summary:The effect of surface roughness on convective heat transfer from an axial flow to a rotating disk has been measured using the transient heating technique. A hot air flow directed at the disk was set up in a time of less than a second and local heat transfer coefficients were deduced from the temperature response of the disk surface, which was monitored using thermochromic liquid crystals. The surface roughness took the form of small, isolated square studs arranged in a square array on the disk surface; three configurations were investigated and the results were compared with data for a smooth disk. The studs increased heat transfer rates in turbulent boundary layers by about a factor of two and reduced the transitional Reynolds number by an order of magnitude. Nusselt numbers in turbulent boundary layers could be correlated approximately using a Reynolds number, which combined the influences of the axial flow and the rotational flow.
ISSN:0894-1777
1879-2286
DOI:10.1016/S0894-1777(01)00058-9