Chinese Physics Letters · 2006 · 43 citations · 16 references
EngineeringMechanical EngineeringPhysicsFluid DynamicsHeat TransferThermodynamicsBoundary ConditionsBoundary-layer TheoryHeat Transfer AnalysisHeat Transfer ModelingThermal Boundary LayersThermal DiffusivityBoundary Layer Heat TransferBoundary-layer EquationsHeat Transfer In Boundary LayersHeat Transfer In Non-newtonian FluidsLaminar Boundary LayersLaminar Thermal Boundary LayersNon-newtonian Fluid Heat TransferNumerical Solutions Of Ordinary Differential Equations
We present a theoretical analysis for heat transfer in power law non-Newtonian fluid by assuming that the thermal diffusivity is a function of temperature gradient. The laminar boundary layer energy equation is considered as an example to illustrate the application. It is shown that the boundary layer energy equation subject to the corresponding boundary conditions can be transformed to a boundary value problem of a nonlinear ordinary differential equation when similarity variables are introduced. Numerical solutions of the similarity energy equation are presented.
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