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Description: Average heat transfer coefficient over a flat plate during natural convection at uniform surface temperature.

Reference: Churchill, S.W. and Chu, H.H.S. Correlating equations for laminar and turbulent free convection from a vertical plate. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 18, 1323-1329.(1975)
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Insert surface temperature (Ts), fluid temperature (Tf), fluid pressure (P), lenght (L) and press 'Calculate'.

Fluid: Water Air R134a Ts (K): Tf (K): Pressure (Pa): L (m):

Fluid properties: ρ=995.35 kg/m3 cp=4,178.85 J/(kg.K) μ=0.000776027 Pa.s k=0.6191 W/(m.K) β=0.000329 1/K	Dimensionless numbers Pr=5.24 Ra=277,821,322,908.72	Heat transfer coefficient h=556.71 W/m2.K

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