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Viscous dissipation in external natural convection flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

B. Gebhart  and
J. Mollendorf
B. Gebhart
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
J. Mollendorf
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Abstract

The effects of viscous dissipation are considered for external natural convection flow over a surface. A class of similar boundary-layer solutions is given and numerical results are presented for a wide range of the dissipation and Prandtl numbers. Several general aspects of similarity conditions for flow over surfaces and in convection plumes are discussed and their special characteristics considered. The general equations including the dissipation effect are given for the non-similar power law surface condition.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , 14 August 1969 , pp. 97 - 107
Copyright
© 1969 Cambridge University Press

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