Transient free convection of a non-Newtonian fluid along a vertical wall

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Journal of Heat Transfer (Transcations of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3250535· OSTI ID:5465630

Haq, S; Kleinstreuer, C; Mulligan, J C ^[1]

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1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (USA)

The laminar flow behavior of a non-Newtonian fluid suddenly set into motion by temperature-induced buoyancy forces is of importance in a number of industrial applications. The transient convection heat transfer in a power-law fluid is of major interest here and a numerical solution of the appropriate unsteady boundary-layer equations is presented for the first time. In this study the system of equations describing the transient free convection on a flat vertical surface is extended to a non-Newtonian fluid, and solved numerically.

• OSTI ID: 5465630
• Journal Information: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transcations of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transcations of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States) Vol. 110:3; ISSN 0022-1481; ISSN JHTRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420400* -- Engineering-- Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow
CONVECTION
ENERGY TRANSFER
FLUID FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER
LAMINAR FLOW
MASS TRANSFER
NATURAL CONVECTION
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
ORIENTATION
UNSTEADY FLOW
WALLS