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January 30, 2014, 08:44	Confuse about Nu Number in Laminar Flow	#1
mariam.sara Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 339 Rep Power: 16	Hi I did simple heat transfer problem of flow throw a circular pipe with constant heat flux at wall. Usually for laminar flow with constant heat flux the Nusselt Number should be 4.36 ? when I view surface nusselt number from Report>Wall Fluxes>Surface Nusselt number it give me Nusslet number as 11.61 ? Why this differ from the theoretical value as (4.36)? Mariam

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