Synthetic method in thermal boundary layer transition
Abstract
The problem of a general incompressible viscous fluid flow past a flat plate with heat transfer due to forced convection is considered in this paper. The synthetic method developed by Seth is applied to the Navier-Stokes equations and the equation of energy governing the flow to obtain the dynamic and thermal boundary layer solutions as asymptotic limits of an extended field. As a result, new formulas are derived for both the dynamic and thermal boundary layer thicknesses. Also, algorithms for estimating all the parameters involved in the analysis are provided and boundary layer functions based on the new solutions are determined.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Non Linear Mechanics
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0020-7462(83)90011-2
- Bibcode:
- 1983IJNLM..18..235O
- Keywords:
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- Boundary Layer Transition;
- Flat Plates;
- Flow Deflection;
- Incompressible Flow;
- Thermal Boundary Layer;
- Viscous Flow;
- Algorithms;
- Asymptotic Methods;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Convective Heat Transfer;
- Forced Convection;
- Functions (Mathematics);
- Laminar Flow;
- Navier-Stokes Equation;
- Two Dimensional Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer