You've experienced convection cooling if you've ever extended your hand out the window of a moving vehicle
Question:
You've experienced convection cooling if you've ever extended your hand out the window of a moving vehicle or into a flowing water stream. With the surface of your hand at a temperature of \(30^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\), determine the convection heat flux for (a) a vehicle speed of \(40 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{h}\) in air at \(-8^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) with a convection coefficient of \(40 \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \cdot \mathrm{K}\) and (b) a velocity of \(0.2 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\) in a water stream at \(10^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) with a convection coefficient of \(900 \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \cdot \mathrm{K}\). Which condition would feel colder? Contrast these results with a heat flux of approximately \(30 \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{m}^{2}\) under normal room conditions.
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Fundamentals Of Heat And Mass Transfer
ISBN: 9781119220442
8th Edition
Authors: Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine