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A pin fin is a slender cylinder attached to a surface in order to increase the heat transfer
effectiveness of the surface. The figure shows a single pin fin, of length L, extending from
the surface in the x-direction. The surface is at x = 0 and has temperature Ta , while
the free-end of the pin is at x = L and has temperature Tb . The surrounding ambient
temperature is Ts .
(T
T
)
s
s = 0 ,
dx2
kA
kA
0xL