AIChE Journal · 1966 · 137 citations · 11 references
EngineeringMechanical EngineeringPhysicsFluid DynamicsFluid MechanicsHeat TransferHeat ConductionHeat Transfer In FluidsNon-newtonian FlowNon-newtonian Fluid FlowNon-newtonian Fluid MechanicsThermal Boundary LayersForced ConvectionHeat Transfer In Non-newtonian FluidsMomentum TransferNatural ConvectionNon-newtonian Fluid Heat TransferNusselt NumberSimilarity SolutionsSimilarity Transformations
Abstract 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.
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