Convective heat transfer in an electrically conducting fluid at a stretching surface with uniform free stream

    Authors

    K. Vajravelu;A. Hadjinicolaou

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Int. J. Eng. Sci.

    Keywords

    FLOW; Engineering, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    An analysis is carried out to study the how and heat transfer characteristics in an electrically conducting fluid near an isothermal sheet. The sheet is linearly stretched in the presence of a uniform free stream of constant velocity and temperature. The effects of free convection and internal heat generation or absorption are also considered. The resulting coupled nonlinear differential equations are integrated numerically and the flow and heat transfer characteristics are discussed. Although the velocity profiles are similar in the absence of free stream, it is shown that the differential system gives rise to nonsimilar velocity profiles in the boundary layer. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

    Journal Title

    International Journal of Engineering Science

    Volume

    35

    Issue/Number

    12-13

    Publication Date

    1-1-1997

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1237

    Last Page

    1244

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1997YG94200009

    ISSN

    0020-7225

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