ISSN:
1432-1181
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract In the present paper the steady boundary-layer flows induced by permeable stretching surfaces with variable temperature distribution are investigated under the aspect of Reynolds' analogy r = St x /C f(x). It is shown that for certain stretching velocities and wall temperature distributions, “Reynolds' function”r, i.e. the ratio of the local Stanton number St x and the skin friction coefficient C f(x) equals −1/2 for any value of the Prandtl number Pr and of the dimensionless suction/injection velocity f w. In all of these cases, the dimensionless temperature field ϑ is connected to the dimensionless downstream velocity f ′ by the simple relationship ϑ=(f ′)Pr. It is also shown that in the general case, Reynolds' function r may possess several singularities in f w. The largest of them represents a critical value, so that for f w〈f w,crit the solutions of the energy equation (although they still satisfy all the boundary conditions) become nonphysical.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002310000094
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