Free convection is the principal mechanism in many of the heat transport phenomena that occur around us. Natural convection plays a significant role in cooling electrical equipment, such as heat ...

I had a customer who was thermal printing strip steel. The steel is washed with solvents and blown dry. He was having a problem: When the strip's speed increased, the thermo printer would catch fire.

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When supersonic or transonic flows encounter solid surfaces, shock waves and the viscous boundary layer interact in complex ways that profoundly influence aerodynamic performance and stability. A ...