Open AccessEffect of thermophoresis on natural convection boundary layer flow of a micropolar fluid
Author(s) -
A. Y. Bakier
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
thermal science/thermal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.339
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 2334-7163
pISSN - 0354-9836
DOI - 10.2298/tsci1001171b
Subject(s) - thermophoresis , prandtl number , mechanics , natural convection , buoyancy , boundary layer , flow (mathematics) , similarity solution , materials science , convection , plume , combined forced and natural convection , isothermal process , thermodynamics , physics , heat transfer , nanofluid
The present investigation deals with obtain the solution natural convection boundary layer flow of a micropolar fluid with thermophoresis. The similarity method is used to obtain solution for the governing equation. Four different cases of flows have been studied namely a vertical isothermal surface, vertical surface with uniform heat flux, a plane plume and flow generated from a horizontal surface. Numerical computations are carried out for the non-dimensional physical parameter. The results are analyzed for the effect of different physical parameters such as thermophoresis, Prandtl number, microrotation parameter, buoyancy parameter and Shmidt number of the fluid.