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ISSN Online: 2377-424X

International Heat Transfer Conference 4
August 31 - September 5, 1970, Paris-Versailles, France

EFFECT OF LONGITUDINAL SURFACE CURVATURE ON THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYERS

Get access (open in a dialog) DOI: 10.1615/IHTC4.1820
pages 1-11

Abstrakt

A study of the higher order effect of moderate longitudinal surface curvature on steady, two-dimensional, incompressible laminar, thermal boundary layers is presented. The basic partial differential equations for the problem, derived by the method of matched asymptotic expansions, are found to possess similar solutions for a family of surface curvatures and temperature distributions as well as pressure gradients. It is found that for the flow of ideal gases the constraints on the flow conditions to achieve similar solutions are more restrictive than for the cases of zero or negligible surface curvature. Lastly, an alternative to the method of matched asymptotic expansions is briefly discussed.