Heat transfer of a cylinder in crossflow

Heat transfer and fluid flow phenomena involved in a cylinder in crossflow are described and explained using both experimental and analytical techniques. Specific cases of various fluids, ranging from air to water, transformer to aviation oil, are analyzed and correlated over a wide range of Reynolds and Prandtl numbers. The effects of physical properties, temperature difference, heat flux direction, viscosity, free-stream turbulence, and blockage factor on both local and average heat transfer for circular and elliptic cylinders are among the topics considered. Usually proprietary data is presented throughout which is applicable to every area of engineering that uses the cylinder either as a conduit for the coolant or heating fluid or as a thermal entity reacting with an ambient medium.