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Stress work effects in laminar flat-plate natural convection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

J. A. D. Ackroyd
J. A. D. Ackroyd
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester
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Abstract

The effects of both viscous and pressure stress work are considered in laminar natural convection on flat surfaces. Whereas in previous investigations only viscous stress work effects were studied, it is established here that pressure work effects are generally rather more important both for gases and liquids. Variations in the properties of the fluid outside the natural convection boundary layer are shown to occur inevitably in this problem and are found to lead to effects comparable with those produced by pressure work. Property variations in the boundary layer itself are also found to be of importance. Such variations, both inside and outside the boundary layer, have been ignored in previous studies. Examples of flows are discussed in which the fluids are either perfect gases or fluids undergoing small changes in temperature and pressure. For both of these fluids, the effects of conditions of either constant temperature or constant entropy in the fluid outside the boundary layer are examined.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 62 , Issue 4 , 27 February 1974 , pp. 677 - 695
Copyright
© 1974 Cambridge University Press

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