Convection Heat Transfer Variations Along Flat Plate Consider flat plate with: Ix=100C and Too=0 C and all laminar flow Free stream TM=0C 6(x) Thermal boundary laver 续对 =100C Thermal boundary layer defined by T-T 0.99 Compare temperature gradients at points 1 and 2 to evaluate the heat flux rate(and hence the heat transfer coefficient Heat Transfer Su Yongkang School of Mechanical EngineeringHeat Transfer Su Yongkang School of Mechanical Engineering # 14 Convection Heat Transfer Variations Along Flat Plate • Consider flat plate with: and all laminar flow • Thermal boundary layer defined by Compare temperature gradients at points 1 and 2 to evaluate the heat flux rate (and hence the heat transfer coefficient) 100 C and 0 C   Tx = T =  2  1 0 C  T = 100 C  Ts = 1 2 = 0.99 − − T T T T s s