This paper presents local heat transfer data for a planar, free-surface jet of water impinging normal on a uniformly heated surface. The hydrodynamic conditions of the jet were altered through the use of different nozzle types (parallel-plate and converging) and flow manipulators (wire grid and screens) to investigate the relationship between jet turbulence and local impingement heat transfer. The flow structures for each of the various nozzle conditions are reported in a companion paper (Wolf et al., 1995), and results are used in this paper to interpret their effect on local heat transfer. In addition to qualitative interpretations, correlations are developed for both the onset of transition to turbulence and the dimensionless convection coefficient at the stagnation point. Higher levels of jet turbulence are shown to induce transition to a turbulent boundary layer at smaller streamwise distances from the stagnation point. The effect of stream-wise turbulence intensity on the convection coefficient is shown to scale approximately as the one-quarter power.
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Turbulence Dissipation in a Free-Surface Jet of Water and Its Effect on Local Impingement Heat Transfer From a Heated Surface: Part 2—Local Heat Transfer
D. H. Wolf,
D. H. Wolf
Heat Transfer Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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R. Viskanta,
R. Viskanta
Heat Transfer Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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F. P. Incropera
F. P. Incropera
Heat Transfer Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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D. H. Wolf
Heat Transfer Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
R. Viskanta
Heat Transfer Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
F. P. Incropera
Heat Transfer Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
J. Heat Transfer. Feb 1995, 117(1): 95-103 (9 pages)
Published Online: February 1, 1995
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Received:
July 1, 1993
Revised:
February 1, 1994
Online:
December 5, 2007
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Wolf, D. H., Viskanta, R., and Incropera, F. P. (February 1, 1995). "Turbulence Dissipation in a Free-Surface Jet of Water and Its Effect on Local Impingement Heat Transfer From a Heated Surface: Part 2—Local Heat Transfer." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. February 1995; 117(1): 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2822330
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