Combined Forced and Free-Convection Laminar Flow
- 1 November 1964
- journal article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Heat Transfer
- Vol. 86 (4) , 501-507
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3688729
Abstract
Effects of buoyancy forces on a forced-convection laminar flow as well as the forced-convection effects on a purely free-convection laminar flow about a vertical flat plate are analyzed. Solutions are obtained by expanding the stream function and the temperature function into series in terms of the parameter Grx/Rex2 when approaching from the forced-convection side, whereas for the free-convection approach in terms of the parameter (Grx/Rex2)−1/2. Velocity and temperature profiles, shear stress, and heat transfer are given for various values of the governing parameters.Keywords
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