R/energybalance_functions.R
Nusselt_from_Reynolds.RdThe function estimates the Nusselt number from the Reynolds number for various taxa using Mitchell (1976) (Table 1: Convective Heat Transfer Relations for Animal Shapes).
Nusselt_from_Reynolds(Re, taxon = "cylinder")numeric Reynolds Number (dimensionless).
character which class of organism. Current choices: "sphere", "cylinder", "frog", "lizard_traverse_to_air_flow", "lizard_parallel_to_air_flow", "lizard_surface", "lizard_elevated", "flyinginsect", "spider".
numeric Nusselt number (dimensionless).
Mitchell JW (1976). “Heat transfer from spheres and other animal forms.” Biophysical Journal, 16(6), 561-569. ISSN 0006-3495, doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(76)85711-6 .
Other biophysical models:
Grashof_number_Gates(),
Grashof_number(),
Nusselt_from_Grashof(),
Nusselt_number(),
Prandtl_number(),
Qconduction_animal(),
Qconduction_substrate(),
Qconvection(),
Qemitted_thermal_radiation(),
Qevaporation(),
Qmetabolism_from_mass_temp(),
Qmetabolism_from_mass(),
Qnet_Gates(),
Qradiation_absorbed(),
Qthermal_radiation_absorbed(),
Reynolds_number(),
T_sky(),
Tb_CampbellNorman(),
Tb_Gates2(),
Tb_Gates(),
Tb_butterfly(),
Tb_grasshopper(),
Tb_limpetBH(),
Tb_limpet(),
Tb_lizard_Fei(),
Tb_lizard(),
Tb_mussel(),
Tb_salamander_humid(),
Tb_snail(),
Tbed_mussel(),
Tsoil(),
actual_vapor_pressure(),
boundary_layer_resistance(),
external_resistance_to_water_vapor_transfer(),
free_or_forced_convection(),
heat_transfer_coefficient_approximation(),
heat_transfer_coefficient_simple(),
heat_transfer_coefficient(),
saturation_vapor_pressure(),
saturation_water_vapor_pressure()
Nusselt_from_Reynolds(Re = 5,
taxon = "cylinder")
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