scholarly journals Convective Flow Of Micropolar Fluids Along An Inclined Flat Plate With Variable Electric Conductivity And Uniform Surface Heat Flux

Author(s):  
Md Jashim Uddin

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) twodimensional steady convective flow and heat transfer of micropolar fluids flow along an inclined flat plate with variable electric conductivity and uniform surface heat flux has been analyzed numerically in the presence of heat generation. With appropriate transformations the boundary layer partial differential equations are transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The local similarity solutions of the transformed dimensionless equations for the velocity flow, microrotation and heat transfer characteristics are assessed using Nachtsheim- Swigert shooting iteration technique along with the sixth order Runge-Kutta-Butcher initial value solver. Numerical results are presented graphically in the form of velocity, microrotation, and temperature profiles within the boundary layer for different parameters entering into the analysis. The effects of the pertinent parameters on the local skin-friction coefficient (viscous drag), plate couple stress and the rate of heat transfer (Nusselt number) are also discussed and displayed graphically. Keywords: Convective flow; Micropolar fluid; Heat transfer; Electric conductivity; Inclined plate; Locally self-similar solution DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/diujst.v6i1.9336 DIUJST 2011; 6(1): 69-79

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1493
Author(s):  
Najiyah Safwa Khashi’ie ◽  
Iskandar Waini ◽  
Nurul Amira Zainal ◽  
Khairum Hamzah ◽  
Abdul Rahman Mohd Kasim

This numerical study was devoted to examining the occurrence of non-unique solutions in boundary layer flow due to deformable surfaces (cylinder and flat plate) with the imposition of prescribed surface heat flux. The hybrid Al2O3-Cu/water nanofluid was formulated using the single phase model with respective correlations of hybrid nanofluids. The governing model was simplified by adopting a similarity transformation. The transformed differential equations were then numerically computed using the efficient bvp4c solver with the ranges of the control parameters 0.5%≤ϕ1,ϕ2≤1.5% (Al2O3 and Cu volumetric concentration), 0≤K≤0.2 (curvature parameter), 2.6<S≤3.2 (suction parameter) and −2.5<λ≤0.5 (stretching/shrinking parameter). Dual steady solutions are presentable for both a cylinder (K>0) and a flat plate (K=0) with the inclusion of only the suction (transpiration) parameter. The real and stable solutions were mathematically validated through the stability analysis. The Al2O3-Cu/water nanofluid with ϕ1=0.5% (alumina) and ϕ2=1.5% (copper) has the highest skin friction coefficient and heat transfer rate, followed by the hybrid nanofluids with volumetric concentrations (ϕ1=1%,ϕ2=1%) and (ϕ1=1.5%,ϕ2=0.5%), respectively. Surprisingly, the flat plate surface abates the separation of boundary layer while it enhances the heat transfer process.


2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Swati Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Iswar Chandra Mondal ◽  
Kuppalapalle Vajravelu ◽  
Robert A. Van Gorder

Boundary-layer forced convective heat transfer at a moving flat surface parallel to a moving stream is presented for the case where the plate is subjected to a variable heat flux. In particular, we assume that the surface heat flux varies with spatial variable x according to a power-law rule. The similarity solutions for the problem are obtained by solving the reduced ordinary differential equations numerically, while exact solutions are provided for certain parametric values. It is noted that even in the case of prescribed surface heat flux, dual solutions exist when the surface and the fluid move in opposite directions.


Author(s):  
David G. Holmberg ◽  
David J. Pestian

The interactions of boundary layer flow temperature fluctuations (t′) and velocity fluctuations (u′, v′) together with surface heat flux fluctuations (q′) have been investigated experimentally in a flat plate turbulent boundary layer in order to better understand time-resolved interactions between flow unsteadiness and surface heat flux. A Heat Flux Microsensor (HFM) was placed on a heated flat plate beneath a turbulent wall jet, and a split-film boundary layer probe was traversed above it together with a cold-wire temperature probe. The recorded simultaneous time-resolved u′v′t′q′ data can be correlated across the boundary layer. Results indicate that wall heat transfer (both mean and fluctuating components) is controlled by the u′ fluctuating velocity field. In the presence of high free-stream turbulence (FST), the heat flux is largely controlled by free stream eddies of large size and energy reaching deep into the boundary layer, such that heat flux spectra can be determined from the free-stream velocity field. This is evidenced by uq coherence present across the boundary layer, as well as by similarity in heat flux and u velocity spectra, and by the presence of large velocity scales down to the nearest wall measuring location just above the laminar sublayer.


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