Title

Heat transfer in a liquid film over an unsteady stretching sheet

Authors

Authors

M. M. Nandeppanavar; K. Vajravelu; M. S. Abel; S. Ravi;H. Jyoti

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Int. J. Heat Mass Transf.

Keywords

Unsteady stretching sheet; Liquid film; External magnetic field; Viscous; dissipation; Thermal radiation; Non-uniform heat source/sink; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; VARIABLE VISCOSITY; MAGNETIC-FIELD; POROUS-MEDIUM; MHD FLOW; SURFACE; THERMOCAPILLARITY; SUCTION; Thermodynamics; Engineering, Mechanical; Mechanics

Abstract

The effects of viscous dissipation, non-uniform heat source/sink, magnetic field, and thermal radiation on heat transfer characteristics of a thin liquid film flow over an unsteady stretching sheet are analyzed. A similarity transformation is used to reduce the governing time dependent momentum and energy equations into non-linear ordinary differential equations. The resulting differential equations with the appropriate boundary conditions are solved by an efficient shooting algorithm with fourth order Runge-Kutta technique. The effects of the physical parameters on the flow and heat transfer characteristics are presented through graphs and analyzed. The numerical results for the wall temperature gradient (Nusselt number) are calculated and presented through tables. Also, the effects of the physical parameters on the heat transfer characteristics are brought out: suggestions are made for efficient cooling. Furthermore, the limiting cases are obtained and are found to be in good agreement with the previously published results. (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volume

55

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1316

Last Page

1324

WOS Identifier

WOS:000300470200081

ISSN

0017-9310

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