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Buoyancy and thermal radiation effects for the Blasius and Sakiadis flows with a convective surface boundary condition

Olanrewaju, P. O. and Adeeyo, O.A. and Agboola, O.O. and Bishop, S.A. (2011) Buoyancy and thermal radiation effects for the Blasius and Sakiadis flows with a convective surface boundary condition. Nigerian Journal of Mathematical Physics, 18. ISSN 1116-4336 (In Press)

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Abstract

This study is devoted to investigate the Buoyancy and thermal radiation effects on the laminar boundary layer about a flat-plate in a uniform stream of fluid (Blasius flow), and about a moving plate in a quiescent ambient fluid (Sakiadis flow) both under a convective surface boundary condition. Using a similarity variable, the governing nonlinear partial differential equations have been transformed into a set of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations, which are solved numerically by using shooting technique along side with the sixth order of Runge-Kutta integration scheme and the variations of dimensionless surface temperature and fluid-solid interface characteristics for different values of Prandtl number Pr, radiation parameter NR, parameter a and the local Grashof number Grx, which characterizes our convection processes are graphed and tabulated. Quite different and interesting behaviours were encountered for Blasius flow compared with a Sakiadis flow. A comparison with previously published results on special cases of the problem shows excellent agreement.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Mathematics
Depositing User: Dr Philip Oladapo Olanrewaju
Date Deposited: 28 Jun 2011 14:48
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2014 10:32
URI: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/313

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