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HEAT TRANSFER TO AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING FLUID FLOWING IN A CHANNEL WITH A TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4843653
An analysis is made of forced-convection heat transfer to laminar flow of an incompressible electrically conducting fluid between parallel plates. The plates are heated (or cooled) with a uniform wall heat flux, and heating within the fluid is present from viscous and electrical dissipations. The fluid enters the heated section of the channel with a uniform temperature, and the velocity distribution within the heated section is assumed to be fully developed. A magnetic field is imposed perpendicular to the channel walls, and there can be a net electric current flow parallel to the walls and perpendicular to the flow direction. The results give the wall temperature for various magnetic fields and electric current flows and the duct length required to obtain a fully developed temperature distribution in the fluid. (auth)
Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lewis Research Center, Cleveland
NSA Number:
NSA-15-027742
OSTI ID:
4843653
Report Number(s):
NASA-TN-D-875
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English