Engineering Riddle – No. 6 (Heat Transfer) “I Scale”

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

I scale in a wind-storm, I scale in a flood

I scale in tornadoes, I scale in the mud

I scale in an oven, the air blistering heat

I scale in a wind-chill, rain, snow or sleet

I scale when it’s calm, or in a twirling spin

I scale with exposure, when gas goes ‘cross the skin

I scale when a flying, I scale in the sky

I scale when a swimming, and even when it’s dry

I scale on the surface, I scale from the wall

I scale whether hot or cold, or whether big or small

I scale several factors, that govern flow of heat

I scale how much energy, will cross the gaseous street

I scale on the surface, from each end of the field

I scale whether hot or cold, my scaling will not yield

I scale in the vapor, when temperatures are different

I scale, yes, that’s all I do; I’m just a coefficient

What am I?

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4 Responses to Engineering Riddle – No. 6 (Heat Transfer) “I Scale”

Brent Wellman says:

November 25, 2014 at 4:48 pm

Prandl Number

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bmhardman says:

August 22, 2014 at 6:12 pm

The answer is probably more scientific, but…a thermometer?

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- Kenneth Richard Hardman says:
  
  August 22, 2014 at 6:40 pm
  
  Very nice guess. The answer is not a thermometer, it is a particular ‘coefficient’ used in an equation in the science of heat transfer.
  
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  - Anonymous says:
    
    August 25, 2014 at 7:30 am
    
    scaling coefficient