A minivan traveling 90 km/h has just passed through a thunderstorm that left a film of water

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A minivan traveling 90 km/h has just passed through a thunderstorm that left a film of water 0.1 mm thick on the top of the van. The top of the van can be assumed to be a flat plate 6 m long. Assume isothermal conditions at 27°C, an ambient air relative humidity of 80%, and turbulent flow over the entire surface. What location on the van top will be the last to dry? What is the water evaporation rate per unit area (kg/s ∙ m2) at the trailing edge of the van top?

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Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer

ISBN: 978-0471457282

6th Edition

Authors: Incropera, Dewitt, Bergman, Lavine

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