General Analysis of Steady Laminar Mixed Convection Heat Transfer on Vertical Slender Cylinders

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.-Y. Wang ◽  
C. Kleinstreuer

A general analysis has been developed to study fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics for steady laminar mixed convection on vertical slender cylinders covering the entire range from pure forced to pure natural convection. Two uniquely transformed sets of axisymmetric boundary-layer equations for the constant wall heat flux case and the isothermal surface case are solved using a two-point finite difference method with Newton linearization. Of interest are the effects of the new mixed convection parameter, the cylinder heating/cooling mode, the transverse curvature parameter, and the Prandtl number on the velocity/temperature profiles and on the local skin friction parameter and the heat transfer parameter. The results of the validated computer simulation model are as follows. Depending upon the magnitude and direction of the buoyancy force, i.e., the value of the mixed convection parameter and the heating or cooling mode applied, natural convection can have a significant effect on the thermal flow field around vertical cylinders. Specifically, strong variations of the local skin friction parameter and reversing trends in the heat transfer parameter are produced as the buoyancy force becomes stronger in aiding flow. The skin friction parameter increases with higher curvature parameters and Prandtl numbers. Similarly, the modified Nusselt number is larger for higher transverse curvature parameters; however, this parameter may reverse the impact of the Prandtl number on the Nusselt number for predominantly forced convection.

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Mahmoud ◽  
Shimaa Waheed

A theoretical analysis is performed to study the flow and heat transfer characteristics of magnetohydrodynamic mixed convection flow of a micropolar fluid past a stretching surface with slip velocity at the surface and heat generation (absorption). The transformed equations solved numerically using the Chebyshev spectral method. Numerical results for the velocity, the angular velocity, and the temperature for various values of different parameters are illustrated graphically. Also, the effects of various parameters on the local skin-friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number are given in tabular form and discussed. The results show that the mixed convection parameter has the effect of enhancing both the velocity and the local Nusselt number and suppressing both the local skin-friction coefficient and the temperature. It is found that local skin-friction coefficient increases while the local Nusselt number decreases as the magnetic parameter increases. The results show also that increasing the heat generation parameter leads to a rise in both the velocity and the temperature and a fall in the local skin-friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number. Furthermore, it is shown that the local skin-friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number decrease when the slip parameter increases.


2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.C. Roy ◽  
Md. A. Hossain ◽  
S. Hussain

Abstract The unsteady laminar boundary layer characteristics of mixed convection flow past a vertical wedge have been investigated numerically. The free-stream velocity and surface temperature are assumed to be oscillating in the magnitude but not in the direction of the oncoming flow velocity. The governing equations have been solved by two distinct methods, namely, the straightforward finite difference method for the entire frequency range, and the extended series solution for low frequency range and the asymptotic series expansion method for high frequency range. The results demonstrate the effects of the Richardson number, Ri, introduced to quantify the influence of mixed convection and the Prandtl number, Pr, on the amplitudes and phase angles of the skin friction and heat transfer. In addition, the effects of these parameters are examined in terms of the transient skin friction and heat transfer.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Abdul Gaffar ◽  
V. Ramachandra Prasad ◽  
Bhuvana Vijaya ◽  
O. Anwar Beg

Magnetic polymers are finding increasing applications in diverse fields of chemical and mechanical engineering. In this paper, we investigate the nonlinear steady boundary layer flow and heat transfer of such fluids from a nonisothermal wedge. The incompressible Eyring-Powell non-Newtonian fluid model is employed and a magnetohydrodynamic body force is included in the simulation. The transformed conservation equations are solved numerically subject to physically appropriate boundary conditions using a second-order accurate implicit finite difference Keller Box technique. The numerical code is validated with previous studies. The influence of a number of emerging nondimensional parameters, namely, the Eyring-Powell rheological fluid parameter (ε), local non-Newtonian parameter based on length scale (δ), Prandtl number (Pr), Biot number (γ), pressure gradient parameter (m), magnetic parameter (M), mixed convection parameter (λ), and dimensionless tangential coordinate (ξ), on velocity and temperature evolution in the boundary layer regime is examined in detail. Furthermore, the effects of these parameters on surface heat transfer rate and local skin friction are also investigated.


Author(s):  
A. Akbarinia ◽  
M. Shariat ◽  
R. Laur

Laminar mixed convection Al2O3-Water nanofluid flow in elliptic ducts with constant heat flux boundary condition has been simulated employing two phase mixture model. Three-dimensional Navier-Stokes, energy and volume fraction equations have been discretized using the Finite Volume Method (FVM). The Brownian motions of nanoparticles have been considered to determine the thermal conductivity and dynamics viscosity of Al2O3-Water nanofluid, which vary with temperature. Simulation effects of solid volume fraction and nanoparticles mean diameter on thermal and hydraulics behaviors of nanofluid flow in elliptic ducts have been presented and discussed. The calculated results show good agreement with the previous numerical data. Results show that in a given Reynolds number (Re) and Richardson number (Ri), increasing solid nanoparticles volume fraction increases the Nusselt number (Nu) while the skin friction factor decreases. Increasing nanoparticles mean diameter augments the local skin friction factor whereas it causes the Nusselt number to reduce. But these effects are significant for nanoparticles diameter equal to 13nm especially.


1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.-Y. Wang ◽  
C. Kleinstreuer

Steady laminar flow of power-law fluids past heated two-dimensional or axisym-metric bodies is strongly influenced by the rate of fluid mass transfer at the wall, the buoyancy force, and the characteristics of the power-law fluid. The effects of these parameters on the local skin friction group and heat transfer group are analyzed for wedges of different angles, horizontal cylinders, and spheres. The local heat transfer group, HTG~Nux, for wedge flows is greatly affected by the power-law viscosity index n, and by fluid withdrawal especially when the generalized Prandtl number is relatively high. Fluid suction at larger Prandtl numbers also generates high HTG values for cylinders and spheres. However, the local skin friction group, SFG~Cf, for cylinders or spheres increases with fluid injection and decreases with suction largely because of buoyancy effects.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (Suppl. 1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Zia Ullah ◽  
Muammad Ashraf ◽  
Saqib Zia ◽  
Ishtiaq Ali

The present phenomena address the slip velocity effects on mixed convection flow of electrically conducting fluid with surface temperature and free stream velocity oscillation over a non-conducting horizontal cylinder. To remove the difficulties in illustrating the coupled PDE, the primitive variable formulation for finite dif?ference technique is proposed to transform dimensionless equations into primitive form. The numerical simulations of coupled non-dimensional equations are exam?ined in terms of fluid slip velocity, temperature, and magnetic velocity which are used to calculate the oscillating components of skin friction, heat transfer, and cur?rent density for various emerging parameters magnetic force parameter, ?, mixed convection parameter, ?, magnetic Prandtl number, ?, Prandtl number, and slip factor, SL. It is observed that the effect of slip flow on the non-conducting cylinder is reduced the fluid motion. A minimum oscillating behavior is noted in skin friction at each position but maximum amplitude of oscillation in heat transfer is observed at each position ? = ?/4 and 2?/3. It is further noticed that a fluid velocity increas?es sharply with the impact of slip factor on the fluid-flow mechanism. Moreover, due to frictional forces with lower magnitude between viscous layers, the rise in Prandtl number leads to decrease in skin fiction and heat transfer which is physi?cally in good agreement.


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