Prandtl number scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated vertical plate in a homogeneous Pr > 1 fluid

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2020) Prandtl number scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated vertical plate in a homogeneous Pr > 1 fluid. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 77 (6). pp. 619-631.

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Abstract

Scalings for the thicknesses of the thermal and velocity boundary layers, the plate temperature, and the maximum vertical velocity in a homogeneous Pr > 1 fluid are validated against numerical results for unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated vertical plate. Results have been obtained for Rayleigh number and Prandtl number and the scaling relations are shown to provide a good description of the flow for both the initial conduction dominated, one-dimensional, unsteady phase and the fully developed convection dominated, two-dimensional, steady phase of the flow. Scaling constants have been obtained for all relations.

Item ID: 62211
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1521-0634
Copyright Information: (C) 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Funders: Australian Research Council (ARC)
Date Deposited: 05 Feb 2020 07:30
FoR Codes: 40 ENGINEERING > 4012 Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering > 401205 Experimental methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer @ 50%
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