FREE CONVECTION TO POWER-LAW
FLUIDS FROM A VERTICAL PLATE
OF VARIABLE SURFACE HEAT FLUX

MEHMET CEM ECE AND SEMIHA ERBAS

Abstract:

Steady free convection laminar boundary-layer flow along a heated vertical plate immersed in a quiescent power-law fluid is investigated. Heat flux on the plate surface is assumed to have a power-law variation. Similarity solutions are obtained numerically for the boundary-layer velocity and temperature profiles. The effects of flow behavior index and the generalized Prandtl number on the surface shear stress and temperature are determined.