This book presents a new algorithm to calculate fluid flow and heat
transfer of laminar mixed convection. It provides step-by-step tutorial
help to learn quickly how to set up the theoretical and numerical models
of laminar mixed convection, to consider the variable physical
properties of fluids, to obtain the system of numerical solutions, to
create a series of formalization equations for the convection heat
transfer by using a curve-fitting approach combined with theoretical
analysis and derivation. It presents the governing ordinary differential
equations of laminar mixed convection, equivalently transformed by an
innovative similarity transformation with the description of the related
transformation process. A system of numerical calculations of the
governing ordinary differential equations is presented for the water
laminar mixed convection. A polynomial model is induced for convenient
and reliable treatment of variable physical properties of liquids. The
developed formalization equations of mixed convection heat transfer
coefficient have strong theoretical and practical value for heat
transfer applications because they are created based on a better
consideration of variable physical properties of fluids, accurate
numerical solutions and rigorous formalization equations combined with
rigorous theoretical derivation. This book is suitable for scientific
researchers, engineers, professors, master and PhD students of fluid
mechanics and convection heat and mass transfer.
