Progress in the development of a two-fluid model of turbulence for near-wall flows. Part 2: Heat-transfer characteristics of a boundary layer

Heat transfer rates, velocity profiles, and temperature distributions for the turbulent incompressible flow of air over an isothermal flat plate were predicted with a two fluid model of turbulence. The constant expressing the conduction of heat between the two fluids is optimized with reference to mean flow data. This constant is employed with those established in an investigation of the hydrodynamics. Predictions compare well with experimental data, but the Stanton number is unpredicted along the plate, implying that the wall boundary condition should be improved.