Nusselt number
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| - | Nusselt number is dimensionless number which is useful for convective heat transfer calculations. heat transfer can be expressed in terms of Nusselt number. | + | Nusselt number is dimensionless number which is useful for convective heat transfer calculations. heat transfer can be expressed in terms of Nusselt number. It can be defined as follows: |
:<math>Nu = \frac{h*l}{k}</math> | :<math>Nu = \frac{h*l}{k}</math> | ||
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Nusselt number is dimensionless number which is useful for convective heat transfer calculations. heat transfer can be expressed in terms of Nusselt number. It can be defined as follows:
Where
