Unsteady free convection flow along a vertical cone in a stable thermally stratified medium

• Autorzy: Bapuji P. , Ekambavanan K. , Pop I.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Unsteady natural convection flow of a viscous and incompressible fluid flow over a vertical cone immersed in a stable thermally stratified medium is theoretically studied in this paper. The dimensionless coupled partial differential boundary layer equations are solved numerically using an efficient and unconditionally stable finite-difference scheme of Crank-Nicolson type. The effects of the Prandtl number and stratification parameter on the velocity and temperature profiles as well as the local and average skin friction and Nusselt numbers on the flow and heat transfer characteristics have been determined and discussed in detail. The present results are compared with available results from the open literature and are found to be in good agreement.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

finite differences; free convection; stratified medium; unsteady; vertical cone

PL

różnice skończone; konwekcja swobodna

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 14, no 4
• Strony: 1073--1092
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 28 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Bapuji P.

autor

Ekambavanan K.

autor

Pop I.

• Department of Mathematics, Anna University Chennai, INDIA-600025,

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