Simultaneous heat and mass transfer in free convection from a horizontal cylinder
Abstract
Steady laminar boundary-layer analysis of combined heat and mass transfer characteristics in free convection around a horizontal cylinder has been carried out by two approximate methods, viz., local similarity and local nonsimilarity approaches. Numerical results of the local Nusselt number, the local Sherwood number, and local surface shear stress are presented, along with the dimensionless thermal, mass fraction, and momentum boundary-layer thicknesses in tabular form. The parameter ranges are chosen to encompass most commonly occurring circumstances in natural and technological processes.
- Publication:
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AIAA Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 1985
- DOI:
- 10.2514/3.9130
- Bibcode:
- 1985AIAAJ..23.1602H
- Keywords:
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- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Cylindrical Bodies;
- Free Convection;
- Heat Transfer;
- Laminar Boundary Layer;
- Mass Transfer;
- Boundary Layer Equations;
- Nusselt Number;
- Prandtl Number;
- Shear Stress;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer