Influence of Space-Varying Surface Heat Flux on the Heat Transfer Due to a Moving Fluid Over a Moving Surface

    Authors

    S. Mukhopadhyay; I. C. Mondal; K. Vajravelu;R. A. Van Gorder

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Heat Transf.-Trans. ASME

    Keywords

    dual solutions; forced convection; moving fluid; moving surface; variable heat flux; NONLINEARLY STRETCHING SHEET; BOUNDARY-LAYER-FLOW; PARALLEL STREAM; SIMILARITY SOLUTIONS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; FLAT SURFACE; TRANSPIRATION; TRANSPORT; MOMENTUM; PLATE; Thermodynamics; Engineering, Mechanical

    Abstract

    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.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme

    Volume

    135

    Issue/Number

    8

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    4

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000326167900029

    ISSN

    0022-1481

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