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Flow-Visualization Experimental Research on the Plume Pattern Above a Horizontal Heated Cylinder

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Natural convection heat transfer of horizontal heated cylinders has been studied for nearly a century. However, the flow physics of the evolving plume above heat horizontal cylinders has not been taken as a research focus and still needs investigation for clearer insights

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This research is funded by EPSRC (EP/P028829/1) in United Kingdom.

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Yu, G., Ma, H., Li, W., He, L., Yu, Z. (2021). Flow-Visualization Experimental Research on the Plume Pattern Above a Horizontal Heated Cylinder. In: Wen, C., Yan, Y. (eds) Advances in Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4765-6_119

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