A New Method to Measure Prandtl Number and Thermal Conductivity of Fluids

1957 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
E. R. G. Eckert ◽  
T. F. Irvine
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
New Method ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Test Setup ◽  
Velocity Boundary Layer ◽  
Layer Flow

Abstract A new method is described by which the Prandtl number and indirectly the thermal conductivity of fluids can be measured. The method is based on the fact that a well-established, unique relation exists between the Prandtl number and the recovery factor for laminar high-velocity boundary-layer flow. The test setup is described which has been devised for such measurements, and test results are presented for air at atmospheric pressure and temperatures between 60 and 350 F.

Compressibility Effects on the Extended Crocco Relation and the Thermal Recovery Factor in Laminar Boundary Layer Flow

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. W. van Oudheusden
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Thermal Recovery ◽  
Recovery Factor ◽  
Perturbation Approach ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
Compressibility Effects

The relation between velocity and enthalpy in steady boundary layer flow is known as the Crocco relation. It describes that for an adiabatic wall the total enthalpy remains constant throughout the boundary layer, when the Prandtl number (Pr) is one, irrespective of pressure gradient and compressibility. A generalization of the Crocco relation for Pr near one is obtained from a perturbation approach. In the case of constant-property flow an analytic expression is found, representing a first-order extension of the standard Crocco relation and confirming the asymptotic validity of the square-root dependence of the recovery factor on Prandtl number. The particular subject of the present study is the effect of compressibility on the extended Crocco relation and, hence, on the thermal recovery in laminar flows. A perturbation analysis for constant Pr reveals two additional mechanisms of compressibility effects in the extended Crocco relation, which are related to the viscosity law and to the pressure gradient. Numerical solutions for (quasi-)self-similar as well as non-similar boundary layers are presented to evaluate these effects quantitatively.

scholarly journals Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Boundary Layer Flow Past a Wedge with Heat Transfer and Viscous Effects of Nanofluid Embedded in Porous Media

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wubshet Ibrahim ◽  
Ayele Tulu
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Boundary Layer Thickness ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Mhd Boundary Layer ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
Mhd Boundary Layer Flow

The problem of two-dimensional steady laminar MHD boundary layer flow past a wedge with heat and mass transfer of nanofluid embedded in porous media with viscous dissipation, Brownian motion, and thermophoresis effect is considered. Using suitable similarity transformations, the governing partial differential equations have been transformed to nonlinear higher-order ordinary differential equations. The transmuted model is shown to be controlled by a number of thermophysical parameters, viz. the pressure gradient, magnetic, permeability, Prandtl number, Lewis number, Brownian motion, thermophoresis, and Eckert number. The problem is then solved numerically using spectral quasilinearization method (SQLM). The accuracy of the method is checked against the previously published results and an excellent agreement has been obtained. The velocity boundary layer thickness reduces with an increase in pressure gradient, permeability, and magnetic parameters, whereas thermal boundary layer thickness increases with an increase in Eckert number, Brownian motion, and thermophoresis parameters. Greater values of Prandtl number, Lewis number, Brownian motion, and magnetic parameter reduce the nanoparticles concentration boundary layer.

scholarly journals Fractional Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer Over a Stretching Sheet With Variable Thickness

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Liu ◽  
Liancun Zheng ◽  
Yanping Chen ◽  
Fawang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Magnetic Parameter ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Velocity Boundary Layer ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Boundary ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
Fractional Parameter

The paper gives a comprehensive study on the space fractional boundary layer flow and heat transfer over a stretching sheet with variable thickness, and the variable magnetic field is applied. Novel governing equations with left and right Riemann–Liouville fractional derivatives subject to irregular region are formulated. By introducing new variables, the boundary conditions change as the traditional ones. Solutions of the governing equations are obtained numerically where the shifted Grünwald formulae are applied. Good agreement is obtained between the numerical solutions and exact solutions which are constructed by introducing new source items. Dynamic characteristics with the effects of involved parameters on the velocity and temperature distributions are shown and discussed by graphical illustrations. Results show that the velocity boundary layer is thicker for a larger fractional parameter or a smaller magnetic parameter, while the temperature boundary layer is thicker for a larger fractional parameter, a smaller exponent parameter, or a larger magnetic parameter. Moreover, it is thicker at a smaller y and thinner at a larger y for the velocity boundary layer with a larger exponent parameter while for the velocity and temperature boundary layers with a smaller weight coefficient.

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