Unsteady natural convection flow past an accelerated vertical plate in a thermally stratified fluid
Author(s) -
Rudra Kanta Deka,
Bhaben Ch. Neog
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
theoretical and applied mechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.279
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2406-0925
pISSN - 1450-5584
DOI - 10.2298/tam0904261d
Subject(s) - grashof number , prandtl number , mechanics , natural convection , laplace transform , combined forced and natural convection , heat transfer , thermodynamics , advection , stratification (seeds) , work (physics) , dimensionless quantity , materials science , physics , nusselt number , mathematics , turbulence , reynolds number , mathematical analysis , seed dormancy , germination , botany , dormancy , biology
An exact solution to one-dimensional unsteady natural convection flow past an infinite vertical accelerated plate, immersed in a viscous thermally stratified fluid is investigated. Pressure work term and the vertical temperature advection are considered in the thermodynamic energy equation. The dimensionless governing equations are solved by Laplace Transform techniques for the Prandtl number unity. The velocity and temperature profiles as well as the skin-friction and the rate of heat transfer are presented graphically and discussed the effects of the Grashof number Gr, stratification parameter S at various times t
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