Solutions of thermal boundary layer equations when temperature gradient at the moving flat plate in parabolic flow is prescribed

1972 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-71
Author(s):  
T. R. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Thermal Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Parabolic Flow

Solution of Similarity Transformation Equations for Boundary Layers Using Spreadsheets

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad H. N. Naraghi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Fluid Mechanics ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Thermal Boundary Layer ◽  
Similarity Transformation ◽  
Present Approach ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Transfer Courses

A spreadsheet based solution of the similarity transformation equations of laminar boundary layer equations is presented. In this approach the nonlinear third order differential equations, for both the hydrodynamic and the thermal boundary layer equations, are discretesized using a simple finite difference approach which is suitable for programming spreadsheet cells. This approach was implemented to solve the similarity transform equations for a flat plate (Blasius equations). The thermal boundary layer result was used to obtain the heat transfer correlation for laminar flow over a flat plate in the form of Nu = Nu(Pr,Re). The relative difference between results of the present approach and those of published data are less than 1%. This approach can be easily covered in the undergraduate. Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer courses. Also, it can be incorporated in graduate Viscous Fluid Mechanics and Convection Heat Transfer courses. Application of the present approach is not limited to the flat plat boundary layer analysis. It can be used for the solution of a number of similarity transformation equations, including wedge flow problem and natural convection problems that are covered in graduate level courses.

Unified theory for the solutions of the unsteady thermal boundary-layer equation

1965 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 809-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. N. Sarma
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Thermal Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layer Equation ◽  
Steady Motion ◽  
Unsteady Motion ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Special Cases

AbstractThe unsteady two-dimensional thermal boundary-layer equation linearized as by Lighthill is studied. Two different problems are considered mainly, one in Part I and the other in Part II. Part I deals with the solution when the temperature of the main stream is constant and that of the wall is unsteady and Part II when the temperature of the main stream is constant and the heat transfer from the wall is unsteady. Unified methods are developed from which the results for the stagnation flow and the flow along a flat plate, etc., can be derived as special cases. The results of the unsteady velocity boundary-layer equations analysed by Sarma are used and solutions are obtained in two cases, first, when the main stream is in steady motion and the wall is in an arbitrary motion and secondly when the main stream is in unsteady motion and the wall is at rest. The flat plate problem is considered in detail; the results agree with those given by Lighthill and Moore.

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.

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