Boundary layer flow of a second grade fluid with variable heat flux at the wall

Authors:
Mehrdad Massoudi
Affiliations:
US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA
Venue:
Applied Mathematics and Computation
Year:
2003

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Abstract

We study the boundary layer (stagnation) flow of a second grade fluid, with a prescribed variable heat flux at the wall. The flow is assumed to be steady and laminar. The governing equations are solved using an iterative central difference approximation method in a non-uniform grid domain. The effects of the non-Newtonian nature of the fluid and the heat flux parameter on the thermal boundary layer are also presented.