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It is well known that wind makes the cold air feel much colder as a result of the wind-chill effect that is due to the increase in the convection heat transfer coefficient with increasing air velocity. The wind-chill effect is usually expressed in terms of the wind-chill temperature (WCT), which is the apparent temperature felt by exposed skin. For an outdoor air temperature of
For heat transfer purposes, a standing man can be modeled as a 30-cm-diameter, 170-cm-long vertical cylinder with both the top and bottom surfaces insulated and with the side surface at an average temperature of
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Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications
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- Principles of Heat Transfer (Activate Learning wi...Mechanical EngineeringISBN:9781305387102Author:Kreith, Frank; Manglik, Raj M.Publisher:Cengage Learning