Heat Transfer in Turbulent Flow with Internal Heat Generation in Concentric Annulus, (II)

Abstract

The previous paper(1) dealt with the problem of fully developed heat transfer in a turbulent flow with uniform internal heat generation in a concentric annulus under conditions of uniform but different heat fluxes at the two wall surfaces. This sequel presents analyses of the heat transfer problem in the thermal entrance region. First, a graphical representation is given of the variations of Nusselt number at each wall surface with distance along the passage. Second, these fundamental solutions for uniform internal heat generation and uniform wall heat fluxes are applied to the case of arbitrary variations of internal heat generation and wall heat flux along the axial direction.