The experimental data on heat emission in turbulent flow of a liquid metal in a tube, including data on mercury, sodium, and the alloys Na–K and Pb–Bi, are examined. A universal profile of the temperature distribution in the form of the dimensionless variables T+= f(y++), approximated by three equations of which one is logarithmic, is obtained. On the basis of these relations, a relation is found in the form Nu = f(Pe), which is accurate to within ±8%, for use in engineering calculations.
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* This article is a refi ned version of the following article: P. L. Kirillov, “Colligation of experimental data in terms of transfer in liquid metals,” At. Énerg., 13, No. 5, 481–484 (1962).
Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 120, No. 4, pp. 198–201, April, 2016.
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Kirillov, P.L. Colligation of Experimental Data on Heat Transfer in Liquid Metals*. At Energy 120, 248–251 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-016-0125-8
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