An IR thermometer, a manometer, and some horse sense are more
trustworthy than computer modeling -- i. e., if the thermometer says
it's too damn hot, and the computer app says it's not, it is.
>
>
>> I can quite believe that, having been in the air/gas flow business back
>> when such programs were in their infancy (Lord, that makes me feel
>> old...)
>>
>> Failing which, you can do wonderful things with tracing air flow using
>> smoke candles or even ceegars. It gives you a pretty good sense of where
>> the air is going to go, even when you can't see it.
>>
>> Steve, do you know if there is anything freely available on the net for
>> heat and mass transfer modeling, equivalent to the way NEC-2 is freely
>> available for antenna modeling?
>>
>> //Ian, no I don't. I honestly doubt there's anything very good available,
>> or my company probably would not have invested $60K in Flowtherm!
>> -WB2WIK/6
>>
>> --
>> 73 from Ian G3SEK Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
>> 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
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