Consider a fluid flowing perpendicular and over a long cylindrical body and the free stream velocity...

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Consider a fluid flowing perpendicular and over a longcylindrical body and the free stream velocity described by equationU(x) = 2 Uinf sin (x/R) where R=D/2 is the radius of thecylinder.

For a laminar flow in the boundary layer, calculate the localfriction factor and heat transfer coefficient as a function of xusing momentum and energy integral equations, beginning at x=0until separation occurs.

Determine the Nusselt number NUD = hD/k, as afunction of phi=x/R, for the Reynolds numbers of ReD =40,000 , 70,000, 10,000 and 140,000.

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