The growth of the thermal boundary layer in laminar flow between parallel flat plates

1959 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 357-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. McD. Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Thermal Boundary Layer ◽  
Flat Plates

Heat Transfer in the Laminar Boundary Layer Over an Impulsively Started Flat Plate

1975 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 482-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. B. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Constant Temperature ◽  
Laminar Boundary Layer ◽  
Temperature Difference ◽  
Thermal Boundary Layer ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Prandtl Numbers

Numerical solutions are described for the unsteady thermal boundary layer in incompressible laminar flow over a semi-infinite flat plate set impulsively into motion, with the simultaneous imposition of a constant temperature difference between the plate and the fluid. Results are presented for several Prandtl numbers.

On the sensitivity of heat transfer in the stagnation-point boundary layer to free-stream vorticity

1963 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Sutera ◽  
P. F. Maeder ◽  
J. Kestin
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Thermal Boundary Layer ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Point Boundary ◽  
Oncoming Flow ◽  
Flat Plates

Experiments have given evidence of strong sensitivity of the stagnation-point heat transfer on cylinders to small changes in the intensity of free-stream turbulence. A similar effect on local heat-transfer rates to flat plates has been measured, but only when a favourable pressure gradient is present. In this work it is theorized that vorticity amplification by stretching is a possible, and perhaps the dominant, underlying mechanism responsible for this sensitivity. A mathematical model is presented for a steady, basically plane stagnation flow into which is steadily transported disturbed unidirectional vorticity having the only orientation susceptible to stretching. The resulting velocity and temperature fields in the stagnation-point boundary layer are analysed assuming the fluid to be incompressible and to have constant properties. By means of iterative procedures and electronic analogue computation an approximate solution to the full Navier-Stokes equations is achieved which indicates that amplification by stretching of vorticity of sufficiently large scale can occur. Such vorticity, present in the oncoming flow with a small intensity, can appear near the boundary layer with an amplified intensity and induce substantial three-dimensional effects therein. It is found that the thermal boundary layer is much more sensitive to the induced effects than the velocity boundary layer. Computations indicate that a certain amount of distributed vorticity in the oncoming flow causes the shear stress at the wall to increase by 5%, while the heat transfer there is augmented by 26% in a fluid with a Prandtl number of 0.74. Preliminary computations reveal that the sensitivity of the thermal boundary layer increases with Prandtl number.

scholarly journals Transient Thermal Response of Turbulent Compressible Boundary Layers

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongwei Li ◽  
M. Razi Nalim ◽  
Charles L. Merkle
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Thermal Boundary Layer ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
Thermal Conditions ◽  
Steady State Solution ◽  
Similarity Transformations ◽  
Keller Box Method ◽  
Transient Thermal

A numerical method is developed with the capability to predict transient thermal boundary layer response under various flow and thermal conditions. The transient thermal boundary layer variation due to a moving compressible turbulent fluid of varying temperature was numerically studied on a two-dimensional semi-infinite flat plate. The compressible Reynolds-averaged boundary layer equations are transformed into incompressible form through the Dorodnitsyn–Howarth transformation and then solved with similarity transformations. Turbulence is modeled using a two-layer eddy viscosity model developed by Cebeci and Smith, and the turbulent Prandtl number formulation originally developed by Kays and Crawford. The governing differential equations are discretized with the Keller-box method. The numerical accuracy is validated through grid-independence studies and comparison with the steady state solution. In turbulent flow as in laminar, the transient heat transfer rates are very different from that obtained from quasi-steady analysis. It is found that the time scale for response of the turbulent boundary layer to far-field temperature changes is 40% less than for laminar flow, and the turbulent local Nusselt number is approximately 4 times that of laminar flow at the final steady state.

scholarly journals Velocity Boundary Layer Analysis of a Flat Plate Heat Exchanger in Laminar Flow: A Case Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 310-314
Author(s):  
M. Mirdrikvand ◽  
B. Roozbehani ◽  
S. I. Moqadam ◽  
A. C. Roshan ◽  
Y. Ramezani
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Plate Heat Exchanger ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Flat Plates ◽  
Plate Heat ◽  
Velocity Boundary Layer

In this article, a behavioral analysis of velocity boundary layer in a flat plate heat exchanger in laminar flow condition through CFD simulation using FLUENT software is done. The main objective of this study is to determine the velocity vectors between the flat plates of the heat exchanger. In addition, wake occurrence, differences of velocity at different surfaces between plates, angles of velocity vectors and the effect of wake phenomenon on the shear stresses exerted on the plates are discussed in detail. The study graphically illustrates results based on fluid’s behavior by a 3D and 2D simulation with air and water as cold and hot streams that affect plate’s situation and its hydro dynamical operations. Consequently, some important design features regarding wake point occurrence and pressure loss are investigated. In addition, eddy current and reverse flows in the wake area and the angles of the velocity vectors are described.

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