heat flux

collocation in English

meaningsofheatandflux

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heat
noun
uk
/hiːt/us
/hiːt/
the quality of being hot or warm, or the temperature ...
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flux
noun[U]
uk
/flʌks/us
/flʌks/
continuous ...
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(Definition ofheatandfluxfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofheat flux

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Above the lower critical radiation, the plasma generates additionalheatflux, and the surface temperature is increased.
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The analysis of the inner reaction-diffusion layer yields theheatfluxproduced by the exothermic reaction.
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However, this is more than compensated by the additional catalyticheatfluxso that the totalheatfluxis higher than in the non-catalytic case.
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In equation (2.8), theheatfluxthrough the boundary c u is due to losses by convection or heat exchange with the air.
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As is customary, we assume that a fraction of theheatfluxenters the beam and the rest flows into the wheel.
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The temperature is more difficult because the decreasing internalheatfluxduring their life cause different temperatures.
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Often permafrost has disappeared because the geothermalheatfluxis slightly greater than elsewhere.
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This dense gas is then heated and ionized by theheatfluxfrom the plasma region.
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The turbulent production and buoyant destruction terms, like theheatflux, are active a t the large scales of the flow.
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The boundary conditions for theheatfluxare omitted, since they are identically satisfied in the leading-order isothermal approximation.
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Earth'sheatfluxrevised and linked to chemistry.
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One can prescribe either the temperature or theheatfluxat the boundary.
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To determine theheatfluxand the temperature difference across the fluid layer, four pairs of copper-constantan thermocouples were used.
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The result is a small decrease in the thermalheatfluxdue to the catalysis.
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A distinction in the nature of the singularities in the two problems of uniform temperature and uniformheatfluxwas immediately apparent.
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The case of uniformheatfluxa t the wall is then examined theoretically.
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