Question

Consider the vertical rear window of an automobile that has a thickness L= 9 mm and height H=0.5 m with heating wires that create uniform volumetric heating. The window interior is exposed to ambient air at 10°C and the window exterior to air at -10°C which moves in parallel flow over the surface with a velocity of 20 m/s. The surface temperature of the window exterior is 12°C.

Using the correlation developed by Churchill and Chu, find the convective heat transfer coefficient for the window interior, in W/m²·K .

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