Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780073398181
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., Afshin J. Ghajar
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 26P
A person is found dead at 5 p.m. in a room whose temperature is 20°C. The temperature of the body is measured to be 25°C when found, and the heat transfer coefficient is estimated to be 8 W/m2 K. Modeling the body as a 30-cm-diameter, 1 .70-m-long cylinder and using the lumped system analysis as a rough approximation, estimate the time of death of that person.
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