Combined convection past a vertical semi-infinite plate with viscous dissipation (Q584009)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4133729
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Combined convection past a vertical semi-infinite plate with viscous dissipation
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4133729

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    Combined convection past a vertical semi-infinite plate with viscous dissipation (English)
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    Combined free and force convection boundary layer equations for a viscous incompressible fluid pasting a semi-infinite vertical plate are solved by combining similarity transformation and perturbation. Zero, first and second order approximated velocity and temperature field, shear stress and heat transfer rate are obtained numerically. Prandtl and Eckert numbers are parameters in this problem. Strong viscous dissipation is shown when Prandtl number is large.
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    Combined free and force convection boundary layer equations
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    viscous incompressible fluid
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    semi-infinite vertical plate
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    similarity transformation
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    perturbation
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    second order approximated velocity
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    heat transfer
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