Upgrading and Qualification of a Turbulent Heat Transfer Test Facility

Author

Olumide Folorunso Odetola

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Parsons, James A.

Committee Member

Hodge, B. Keith

Committee Member

Taylor, Robert P.

Date of Degree

12-13-2002

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Mechanical Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Engineering

Department

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

The Turbulent Heat Transfer Test Facility (THTTF) has been refurbished and the data acquisition system upgraded. The THTTF is now controlled by a LabView 4.1 program which replaces the old program in BASIC. Heat transfer data acquired using this new program is presented as Stanton number distributions. The new data set is compared to previously reported data obtained with this facility and other wellepted published data. This project has successfully qualified the THTTF for zero-pressure gradient, isothermal wall temperature, incompressible boundary-layer flow over smooth flat plates without transpiration. The THTTF is now set to accommodate modifications which will facilitate heat transfer investigations with high freestream turbulence.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19712

Recommended Citation

Odetola, Olumide Folorunso, "Upgrading and Qualification of a Turbulent Heat Transfer Test Facility" (2002). Theses and Dissertations. 4852.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/4852