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Effects of arbitrary Prandtl number on a forced convection flow near laminar separation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2011
Synopsis
Following an earlier paper by Akinrelere (1981), we consider a laminar boundary layer at low speeds in which density is sensibly constant and frictional heating is neglected. Also following the approach of Goldstein (1948) and Stewartson (1958), a singularity is established at separation for the thermal fields. The heat transfer is determined as a function of ξ = xs – x¼/l where xs is the separation point and l in a characteristic length.
The results are for arbitrary Prandtl number σ. The results of Curle (1979) that the heat transfer near separation varies as σ¼ (at least for the first four terms) are confirmed.
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- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 92 , Issue 3-4 , 1982 , pp. 337 - 341
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- Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1982