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Similarity solutions for non‐Newtonian fluids
Author(s) -
Lee S. Y.,
Ames W. F.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690120415
Subject(s) - similarity solution , nusselt number , heat transfer , wedge (geometry) , mechanics , thermodynamics , heat flux , power law fluid , isothermal process , forced convection , combined forced and natural convection , natural convection , physics , newtonian fluid , classical mechanics , boundary layer , optics , reynolds number , turbulence
Similarity transformations are possible for power law fluids in the following systems: momentum transfer in general Falkner‐Skan flows and Goldstein flows; and momentum and energy transfer in forced convection about a right angle wedge, natural convection with constant heat flux at the boundary surface, and general Falkner‐Skan flows with nonconstant heat conductivity and a restricted boundary temperature distribution. Similarity transformations are also possible for momentum and heat transfer of Eyring viscous fluids about a right angle wedge. A numerical solution is obtained for forced convection of power law fluids about a right angle wedge with an isothermal surface. From the numerical results an approximate expression is obtained for the local Nusselt number.