A New Numerical Approach for the Laminar Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer along a Stretching Cylinder Embedded in a Porous Medium with Variable Thermal Conductivity
The study presents an axisymmetric laminar boundary layer flow of a viscous incompressible fluid and heat transfer over a stretching cylinder embedded in a porous medium. A suitable similarity transformation is employed to transform the partial differential equations corresponding to the momentum a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Applied Mathematics |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/576453 |
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| Summary: | The study presents an axisymmetric laminar boundary layer flow of a viscous
incompressible fluid and heat transfer over a stretching cylinder embedded in a
porous medium. A suitable similarity transformation is employed to transform
the partial differential equations corresponding to the momentum and heat
equations into nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The resultant
ordinary differential equations are then solved using a successive relaxation
method (SRM). The effects of significant parameters on the velocity and temperature
profiles have been analyzed graphically. The obtained results are also compared
with previously published results in some special cases and were found to be
in excellent agreement. The skin friction as well as the heat transfer rate at
the surface are increased as the values of the curvature parameter increase. |
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| ISSN: | 1110-757X 1687-0042 |