Chemical Engineering - Heat Transfer - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Heat Transfer - Section 9 (Q.No. 36)
36.
Critical value of the __________ number governs the transition from laminar to turbulent flow in free convection heat transfer.
Grashoff
Reynolds
both 'a' & 'b'
Prandtl & Grashoff
Answer: Option
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Andy Mukil said:   3 years ago
Option D is correctly given as Rayleigh's number (=Gr.Pr) signifies the transition.

Kochhar said:   9 years ago
It should be Grashof number, the critical value being 10^9.

Radhe said:   4 years ago
It is Rayleigh Number (Ra)= Gr. Pr >10^9 for turbulent.

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