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Well Done Problem

If a problem in heat transfer and fluid mechanics is well done it should

  1. The problem is well posed
  2. Solution reveal physical and engineering insight to the phenomena
  3. Problem numerical value and design equations
Example: Fluid

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Example: Airfoil

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Example: Heat Transfer

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Newton's cooling law

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h is the heat transfer cofficient

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let

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,

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and

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equate the two equations

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Yousef Haik
Sun Sep 1 16:31:13 EDT 1996