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Heat transfer of a generalized stretching/shrinking wall problem with convective boundary conditions

  • North Carolina State University
  • Pennsylvania State University

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the heat transfer of a viscous fluid flow over a stretching/shrinking sheet with a convective boundary condition. Based on the exact solutions of the momentum equations, which are valid for the whole Navier-Stokes equations, the energy equation ignoring viscous dissipation is solved exactly and the effects of the mass transfer parameter, the Prandtl number, and the wall stretching/shrinking parameter on the temperature profiles and wall heat flux are presented and discussed. The solution is given as an incomplete Gamma function. It is found the convective boundary conditions results in temperature slip at the wall and this temperature slip is greatly affected by the mass transfer parameter, the Prandtl number, and the wall stretching/shrinking parameters. The temperature profiles in the fluid are also quite different from the prescribed wall temperature cases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)752-760
Number of pages9
JournalCommunications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Volume16
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2011

Keywords

  • Analytical solution
  • Exact solution
  • Heat transfer
  • Navier-Stokes equation
  • Shrinking sheet
  • Similarity equation
  • Stretching surface

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