Convection Heat Transfer Variations Along Flat Plate (Contd) Consider flat plate with:T=100° C and T=0°C at xI X 2 100C 100C To determine the location that transition begins, we define the reynolds number Re. plox And the critical reynolds number Re xc 5×10 Heat Transfer Su Yongkang School of Mechanical EngineeringHeat Transfer Su Yongkang School of Mechanical Engineering # 15 Convection Heat Transfer Variations Along Flat Plate (Cont’d) • Consider flat plate with: 100 C and 0 C   Tx = T =  2  1 100 C  1 C  100 C  1 C  at x1 at x2 To determine the location that transition begins, we define the Reynolds number, And the critical Reynolds number,  u x x  Re  5 Re , = = 510    c x c u x