Research Article

Thermal Characteristics of a Stratospheric Airship with Natural Convection and External Forced Convection

Table 4

Heat flux of the lower envelope calculated by different forced convection equations.

EquationTime

Equation (viii)5:000003.83237.71175.117.2459.19
8:0007.4520.383.83237.71195.302.1871.70
12:0008.3539.183.83237.71209.97āˆ’1.1080.19
16:0007.4520.383.83237.71196.750.2372.56
19:000003.83237.71176.275.4059.94

Equation (ix)5:000003.83237.71144.243.9193.38
8:0007.4520.383.83237.71155.081.33112.85
12:0008.3539.183.83237.71163.15āˆ’0.77126.69
16:0007.4520.383.83237.71155.600.13113.76
19:000003.83237.71144.573.0393.98