An experiment was made to investigate the heat transfer to a liquid drop impinging on a hot surface. The transient temperature of the heater surface was measured by a thin-film thermometer. The surface temperature fell to a contact temperature immediately after contact with the drop. The contact temperature increased with increasing initial surface temperature T0. In the case of the water drop, however, it was approximately constant for 200°C ≲ T0 ≲ 300°C; and it increased again for T0 ≳ 300°C. The surface temperature at the turning point, i.e., T0 ∼ 300°C, roughly coincided with the Leidenfrost point.
Experimental and numerical studies were carried out on the natural convection of mercury in a rectangular container heated from a vertical wall. A magnetic field was applied parallel to the gravity vector and to the heated wall. Experimental results showed that the magnetic field decreased the Nusselt number considerably in the low region of the Grashof number. The effect of the parallel field was found to be less than that for a field normal to the gravity vector, but it is still not negligible. Numerical results on the Nusselt number were found to predict approximately the experimental ones. Calculated velocity profiles displayed noticeable changes due to the application of the magnetic field. A broad stagnation region was formed in the core of the container.
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