Radiation Effects on Free Convection Flow Neara Vertical Plate with Ramped Wall Temperature

Rudra Kanta Deka, Sankar Kumar Das

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DOI: 10.4236/eng.2011.312149                

Abstract

The effect of radiation on the unsteady natural convection flow past an infinite vertical plate is presented, wherein the plate temperature is a ramped one. The fluid considered here is a gray, absorbing/emitting but a non-scattering medium. The influence of the various parameters entering into the problem on the velocity field, temperature field, skin friction and Nusselt number is studied.

Keywords

Natural Convection, Ramped Wall Temperature, Radiation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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