Higher-order boundary-layer effects in free convection
Abstract
The first-order boundary-layer equations are reformulated to take into account longitudinal as well as transverse curvature in free convection. This permits solutions at lower Grashof numbers than the classical first-order boundary-layer theory. Calculations of the higher-order boundary-layer equations were performed for the axisymmetric stagnation point. It was found that the dimensionless temperature and velocity gradients at the surface increased with decreasing Grashof number.
- Publication:
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14th Midwestern Mechanics Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975mwm..conf..535F
- Keywords:
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- Boundary Layer Equations;
- Convective Heat Transfer;
- Free Convection;
- Grashof Number;
- Stagnation Point;
- Axisymmetric Flow;
- Continuum Flow;
- Curvature;
- Dimensionless Numbers;
- Flow Equations;
- Numerical Integration;
- Prandtl-Meyer Expansion;
- Skin Friction;
- Temperature Gradients;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Wall Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer