Effect of large blowing rates on the compressible boundary layer flow at the stagnation point of a rotating sphere

1997 ◽  
Vol 121 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 115-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kumari ◽  
G. Nath
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Compressible Boundary Layer ◽  
Rotating Sphere ◽  
Layer Flow

scholarly journals Viscous modes within the compressible boundary-layer flow due to a broad rotating cone

2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 940-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. D. Towers ◽  
Z. Hussain ◽  
P. T. Griffiths ◽  
S. J. Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Compressible Boundary Layer ◽  
Rotating Cone ◽  
Layer Flow

Stagnation-point flow of Jeffrey fluid with melting heat transfer and Soret and Dufour effects

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 402-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Hayat ◽  
Z. Iqbal ◽  
M. Mustafa ◽  
A. Alsaedi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Thermal Diffusion ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Jeffrey Fluid ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Melting Heat ◽  
Layer Flow

Purpose – This investigation has been carried out for thermal-diffusion (Dufour) and diffusion-thermo (Soret) effects on the boundary layer flow of Jeffrey fluid in the region of stagnation-point towards a stretching sheet. Heat transfer occurring during the melting process due to a stretching sheet is considered. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The authors convert governing partial differential equations into ordinary differential equations by using suitable transformations. Analytic solutions of velocity and temperature are found by using homotopy analysis method (HAM). Further graphs are displayed to study the salient features of embedding parameters. Expressions of skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number have also been derived and examined. Findings – It is found that velocity and the boundary layer thickness are increasing functions of viscoelastic parameter (Deborah number). An increase in the melting process enhances the fluid velocity. An opposite effect of melting heat process is noticed on velocity and skin friction. Practical implications – The boundary layer flow in non-Newtonian fluids is very important in many applications including polymer and food processing, transpiration cooling, drag reduction, thermal oil recovery and ice and magma flows. Further, the thermal diffusion effect is employed for isotope separation and in mixtures between gases with very light and medium molecular weight. Originality/value – Very scarce literature is available on thermal-diffusion (Dufour) and diffusion-thermo (Soret) effects on the boundary layer flow of Jeffrey fluid in the region of stagnation-point towards a stretching sheet with melting heat transfer. Series solution is developed using HAM. Further, the authors compare the present results with the existing in literature and found excellent agreement.

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