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Main Authors: Barros, Diogo C., Larchevêque, Lionel, Dupont, Pierre
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14000
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author Barros, Diogo C.
Larchevêque, Lionel
Dupont, Pierre
author_facet Barros, Diogo C.
Larchevêque, Lionel
Dupont, Pierre
contents In small-scale, low-density or high-speed flows, the mean free path of the gas and its molecular interaction with a solid interface are key properties for the analysis of heat transfer mechanisms occurring in many flow processes ranging from micro-scale to aerospace applications. Here, we specifically examine the effects of temperature jump at the gas-solid interface on the convection from a cylinder in the high-speed slip flow regime. By employing the classical Smoluchowski temperature jump condition, we derive a simple model that explicitly predicts the heat flux (Nusselt number $\text{Nu}$) from the surface of a small heated cylinder simulating a hot-wire as a function of the Knudsen number ($\text{Kn}$) and the thermal (or energy) accommodation coefficient ($σ_T$) of the gas molecules interacting with the surface. The model, derived analytically and verified empirically by numerical simulations, helps clarifying coupled gas rarefaction and temperature effects on the heat transfer from a cylinder in high-speed flow. In addition, we employ the model reversely to propose a novel methodology to compute gas-surface thermal accommodation or temperature jump coefficients from hot-wire measurements.
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spellingShingle A model of heat transfer from a cylinder in high-speed slip flow and determination of temperature jump coefficients using hot-wires
Barros, Diogo C.
Larchevêque, Lionel
Dupont, Pierre
Fluid Dynamics
In small-scale, low-density or high-speed flows, the mean free path of the gas and its molecular interaction with a solid interface are key properties for the analysis of heat transfer mechanisms occurring in many flow processes ranging from micro-scale to aerospace applications. Here, we specifically examine the effects of temperature jump at the gas-solid interface on the convection from a cylinder in the high-speed slip flow regime. By employing the classical Smoluchowski temperature jump condition, we derive a simple model that explicitly predicts the heat flux (Nusselt number $\text{Nu}$) from the surface of a small heated cylinder simulating a hot-wire as a function of the Knudsen number ($\text{Kn}$) and the thermal (or energy) accommodation coefficient ($σ_T$) of the gas molecules interacting with the surface. The model, derived analytically and verified empirically by numerical simulations, helps clarifying coupled gas rarefaction and temperature effects on the heat transfer from a cylinder in high-speed flow. In addition, we employ the model reversely to propose a novel methodology to compute gas-surface thermal accommodation or temperature jump coefficients from hot-wire measurements.
title A model of heat transfer from a cylinder in high-speed slip flow and determination of temperature jump coefficients using hot-wires
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14000