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Graph of Nusselt Number along the heated section of the pipe

The Nusselt number is a non-dimensional parameter that provides a measure of the convection heat transfer at a surface. It is the ratio of convection to pure conduction heat transfer. We will now derive the Nussult number as a function of the given parameters and temperature.
The convection heat transfer at the pipe wall is:
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We can rearrange terms to find an expression for h, the convection coefficient:
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Substitute the convection coefficient expression into the Nusselt expression:
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where h is the convection coefficient.
k is the thermal conductivity.
L is the length scale. Similar to the Reynold's Number, the length scale is the diameter of the pipe for an internal pipe flow.
Tw is the pipe wall temperature at a given location along the pipe.
Tm is the mean temperature in the pipe at the location where Tw is defined.

To export the data, click on the "export" button.  Comma Seperated Value (.csv) is able to be read by matlab and Excel, so it should be fine.

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