| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Critical heat flux | Physics | The heat flux at which transition film boiling starts to replace nucleate boiling. It is characterized by an abrupt change in surface heat transfer coefficient. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Heat flux | Aerospace | The rate of flow of heat. (references) | |
| Heat flux | Mining | See soil heat flux density. (references) | |
| Heat flux | Weather | The amount of heat that is transferred across a surface of unit area in a unit of time. (references) | |
| Heat flux density | Aerospace | The quantity of heat flowing per unit of time across a unit area. (references) | |
| Peak nucleate boiling heat flux | Physics | The heat flux for which the surface coefficient of heat transfer between a heating wall and a liquid under nucleate boiling is a maximum. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Radiant heat flux | Mining | 1: The amount of heat flowing through a given area in a given time, usually expressed as calories/square centimeter/second. (references) | |
| 2: The heat flowing through a given area in a given time, usually expressed as calories/square centimeter/second. (references) | |||
| Transition heat flux | Nuclear Energy & Physics | The change from nucleate to film boiling. The vapor film formed between the heated surface and the cooling liquid decreases the heat transfer from surface to liquid so that a maximum occurs in the curve of heat flux density versus temperature difference. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: HEAT FLUX | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Critical heat flux | 9 | Critical heat flux | 9 | |
| Heat flux | 6 | Heat flux | 6 | |
| Latent heat flux | 3 | Latent heat flux | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
