Mixed convective heat and moisture transfer from a horizontal furry cylinder in a transverse wind

✍ Scribed by Srinivas Budaraju; Warren E. Stewart; Warren P. Porter

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 581 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0017-9310
• DOI: 10.1016/s0017-9310(96)00315-8

✦ Synopsis

Free and forced convection heat and moisture transfer are investigated for the fur layer on a model animal limb or torso in a transverse wind. The analysis includes various modes of heat transfer through dry fur : conduction through the hairs, conduction, free and forced convection in the interstitial and external air, and evaporation from the skin. The relative contributions of these mechanisms are investigated by finite-element calculations for several mammalian species. Comparisons are made with the experimental data of Gebremedhin on Holstein calves.