Authors:
Asish Mitra,DOI NO:
https://doi.org/10.26782/jmcms.2018.01.00001Keywords:
Boundary Layer,Convective Boundary Condition,Horizontal Plate,Matlab,Similarity Solution,Abstract
In the present numerical study, laminar convection over a plate in a uniform free stream is investigated when the bottom surface of the plate is heated by convection from a hot fluid. It is found that the similarity solution is possible if the convective heat transfer associated with the hot fluid on the lower surface of the plate is proportional to x1/2. The numerical solutions thus obtained are analyzed for a range of values of the parameter characterizing the hot fluid convection process and for representative Prandtl numbers of 0.1, 0.72 and 10. The results of the present simulation are then compared with the reports published in literature and find a good agreement.Refference:
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