Within the framework of the potent lumped model, unsteady heat conduction takes place in a solid body whose space–mean temperature varies with time. Conceptually, the lumped model subscribes to the notion that the external convective resistance at the body surface dominates the internal conductive resistance inside the body. For forced convection heat exchange between a solid body and a neighboring fluid, the criterion entails to the lumped Biot number , in which the mean convective coefficient depends on the impressed fluid velocity. However, for natural convection heat exchange between a solid body and a fluid, the mean convective coefficient depends on the solid-to-fluid temperature difference. As a consequence, the lumped Biot number must be modified to read , wherein occurs at the initial temperature Ti for cooling or at a future temperature Tfut for heating. In this paper, the equivalence of the lumped Biot number criterion is deduced from the standpoint of the solid thermal conductivity through the solid-to-fluid thermal conductivity ratio.
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Unsteady Conduction in a Horizontal Solid Cylinder Cooled by Natural Convection: Alternate Lumped Criterion in Terms of the Solid Material
Antonio Campo,
Antonio Campo
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Texas at San Antonio
,San Antonio, TX 78249
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Jaime Sieres
Jaime Sieres
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Área de Máquinas y Motores Térmicos,
Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial,
e-mail: jsieres@uvigo.es
Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial,
Universidad de Vigo
,Campus Lagoas-Marcosende
,Vigo 36310
, Spain
e-mail: jsieres@uvigo.es
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Antonio Campo
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Texas at San Antonio
,San Antonio, TX 78249
Jaime Sieres
Área de Máquinas y Motores Térmicos,
Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial,
e-mail: jsieres@uvigo.es
Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial,
Universidad de Vigo
,Campus Lagoas-Marcosende
,Vigo 36310
, Spain
e-mail: jsieres@uvigo.es
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER. Manuscript received May 22, 2013; final manuscript received April 1, 2014; published online April 23, 2014. Assoc. Editor: Jose L. Lage.
J. Heat Transfer. Aug 2014, 136(8): 084501 (4 pages)
Published Online: April 23, 2014
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May 22, 2013
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April 1, 2014
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Campo, A., and Sieres, J. (April 23, 2014). "Unsteady Conduction in a Horizontal Solid Cylinder Cooled by Natural Convection: Alternate Lumped Criterion in Terms of the Solid Material." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. August 2014; 136(8): 084501. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027354
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