Free convection boundary layer on an isothermal sphere in a micropolar fluid
The present paper considers the steady laminar free convection boundary layer flow over an isothermal sphere in a micropolar fluid. The governing boundary layer equations are first transformed into a non-dimensional and the resulting nonlinear system partial differential equations are then solved nu...
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Elsevier Science Ltd.
2002
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| Summary: | The present paper considers the steady laminar free convection boundary layer flow over an isothermal sphere in a micropolar fluid. The governing boundary layer equations are first transformed into a non-dimensional and the resulting nonlinear system partial differential equations are then solved numerically using the Keller-box method. Numerical results presented include the local wall temperature distribution and the locak skin friction coefficient for a wide range of martial parameter K. The Prandtl is taken to be 0.7 and 7, respectively |
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