assume that a man can be represented by a cylinder 350mm in diameter and 1.65 m in height with the surface temperature of 28 degrees c calculate the heat loss from the human body whicle standing in the wind at a velocity of 30 km/hr. and a temperature of 12 degrees c. take thermophysical properties of air at mean film temp

 To calculate the heat loss from a human body modeled as a cylinder under forced convection, we follow these steps:

  1. Determine the mean film temperature:

    Tfilm=Ts+T2=28+122=20
  2. Thermophysical properties of air at 20°C:

    • Thermal conductivity,

    • Kinematic viscosity, ν=1.516×105m2/s

    • Prandtl number, Pr=0.713

  3. Convert wind speed to m/s:

    V=30km/hr×10003600=8.333m/s
  4. Calculate Reynolds number (Re):

    Re=VDν=8.333×0.351.516×105192,385
  5. Calculate Nusselt number using Churchill-Bernstein correlation:

    Nu=0.3+0.62Re1/2Pr1/3[1+(0.4Pr)2/3]1/4[1+(Re282000)5/8]4/5

    Substituting values:

    Nu340
  6. Calculate convective heat transfer coefficient (h):

    h=NukD
  7. Calculate surface area (A) of the cylinder:

    A=2πrL=2π0.1751.651.815m2
  8. Calculate heat loss (Q):

    Q=hA(TsT)=251.81516726W

Final Answer

The heat loss from the human body is \boxed{726} watts.

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