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Understanding Infrared Thermography Reading 3

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The presence of the plate causes the velocity of the fluid to decrease to zero<br />

at the surface and influences its velocity throughout the thickness of a<br />

boundary layer. The thickness of the boundary layer depends on the free fluid<br />

velocity V ∞ - the higher the free fluid velocity, the thinner the boundary layer.<br />

It is greatest for free convection where V ∞ = 0. The rate of heat flow depends,<br />

in turn, on the thickness of the boundary layer as well as the temperature<br />

difference between T s and T ∞ , T s being the surface temperature and T ∞<br />

being the free field fluid temperature outside the boundary layer.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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