On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jason Taylor wrote:
> Ok, I'll chime in here. Here's what everything I ever learned about > heat transfer and fluid flow tells me: > > Everything Bill is saying is correct. The best way to cool is to move > as much fluid (air is a fluid for the purpose of this discussion) as > fast as possible across whatever is hot. As a point of interest, "as fast as possible" isn't always correct, though it may be WRT practical case-cooling considerations. One consideration in designing race cars, especially those using stock engines, is to not overdrive the water pump at high rpms. Not because of cavitation, because you can flow water through the engine faster than is optimal for heat dissipation. Non intuitive, but true - has to do with the heat transfer across the water/metal surfaces and is otherwise over my head. ;) KeS _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
