THERMAL SCIENCE

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Gabriella Bognár

SIMILARITY METHOD FOR BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOW OF A NON-NEWTONIAN VISCOUS FLUID AT A CONVECTIVELY HEATED SURFACE

ABSTRACT
The similarity method is presented for the determination of the velocity and the temperature distribution in the boundary-layer next to a horizontal moving surface heated convectively from below. The basic partial differential equations are transformed to a system of ordinary differential equations subjected to boundary conditions.
KEYWORDS
boundary layer flow, non-Newtonian fluid, heated surface, similarity solution, convective boundary condition
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2015-07-22
PAPER REVISED: 2016-08-26
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2016-08-26
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2016-09-05
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI150722208B
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2017, VOLUME 21, ISSUE No. 6, PAGES [2795 - 2802]
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Similarity method for boundary-layer flow of a non-Newtonian viscous fluid at a convectively heated surface

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