Chemistry · function

convectiveCoefficient

Convective heat transfer coefficient from the local gas speed, W/(m²·K).

Explained in Chemistry.

function convectiveCoefficient(gasSpeed: number): number
import { convectiveCoefficient } from '@driftengine/chemistry';

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
gasSpeednumber

In depth

Two to twenty-five in still air, and up to about two hundred and fifty in a gale. Above a fire convection dominates radiation and beside one radiation dominates convection, and the crossover is at the plume edge — which is why standing beside a bonfire is pleasant and standing in the smoke is not.