Measurements of boundary layer development and heat transfer were made in the entrance region of a parallel passage and compared with a computer solution based on the law of the wall. Little difference was found between the heat transfer, both measured and predicted, with a developing flow and that predicted with a fully developed flow. The experiments also show that boundary layer parameters, such as momentum thickness, do not approach their fully developed values asymptotically.
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