| Similar to forced convection, heat transfer due to free convection is described by Newton's Law of Cooling, |
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The rate of heat  transfered to the surrounding fluid is proportional to the object's exposed area A, and the difference between the object temperature Tw and the fluid free-stream temperature  .
The constant of proportionality h is termed the convection heat-transfer coefficient. Other terms describing h include film coefficient and film conductance. Variables needed to parameterize free convection are: |
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