4. A fan that can provide air speeds up to 50 m/s is to be used in a low-speed wind tunnel with atmospheric air at 25°C. If one wishes to use the wind tunnel to study flat-plate boundary layer behavior up to Reynolds numbers of Rex=108, what is the minimum plate length that should be used? At what distance from the leading edge would transition occur if the critical Reynolds number were Rex,c=5×105?

4. A fan that can provide air speeds up to 50 m/s is to be used in a low-speed wind tunnel with atmospheric air at 25°C. If one wishes to use the wind tunnel to study flat-plate boundary layer behavior up to Reynolds numbers of Rex=108, what is the minimum plate length that should be used? At what distance from the leading edge would transition occur if the critical Reynolds number were Rex,c=5×105?

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Chapter5: Analysis Of Convection Heat Transfer

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Problem 5.6P: 5.6 A fluid flows at 5 over a wide, flat plate 15 cm long. For each from the following list,...

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