Similarity Solution of the Influence of the Thermal Radiation and Heat Transfer on Steady Compressible Boundary Layer Flow - Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics

OJFD > Vol.3 No.2, June 2013

Volume 3, Issue 2 (June 2013)

ISSN Print: 2165-3852 ISSN Online: 2165-3860

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Similarity Solution of the Influence of the Thermal Radiation and Heat Transfer on Steady Compressible Boundary Layer Flow ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojfd.2013.32011 5,364 Downloads 8,147 Views Citations

Author(s)

Felix Ilesanmi Alao, Samson Babatunde Folarin

Affiliation(s)

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Mathematical Science Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT

This paper determines the influence of the radiation and heat transfer on the compressible boundary layer flow using similarity solutions approach. The Roseland approximation is used to describe the radiative heat flux in the energy equation and the compressible boundary layer equations are transformed using Stewartson transformation. Similarity (invariant) solutions for the governing partial differential equations system are constructed. The shooting method is employed to transform the resulting non-linear boundary value problem into initial value problem, which is solved numerically. The effects of various parameters on the velocity and temperature profiles as well as the Falkner skan exponent and Prandtl number are shown graphically.

KEYWORDS

Radiation; Heat Transfer; Stewartson Transformation; Roseland Approximation

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Alao, F. and Folarin, S. (2013) Similarity Solution of the Influence of the Thermal Radiation and Heat Transfer on Steady Compressible Boundary Layer Flow. Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, 3, 82-85. doi: 10.4236/ojfd.2013.32011.

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