CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN AIR FLOW AROUND 
A CYLINDER AT LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS


W. Nowak and A. A. Stachel

UDC 536.2

The principal objective of the present work is to conduct 
investigations leading to a more complete explanation of heat-transfer 
processes on the external wall of a heated cylinder in laminar axial 
flow around it under high pressures. Investigations are aimed at determination 
of the limits of existence of mixed convection, explanation of the 
influence of free convection on the disturbances of heat transfer 
during laminar flow of a medium, and final explanation of intensification 
of heat-transfer processes occurring in a flow at high pressures.

Technical University of Szczecin, Department of Heat Engineering, 
Al. Piastów 17, PL 70-310 Szczecin, Poland; e-mail: stachel@ps.pl. 
Published in Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 6, pp. 163-169, 
November-December, 2005. Original article submitted September 
24, 2004.