Compressible axially symmetric laminar boundary layer flow in the stagnation region of a blunt body in the presence of magnetic field

Nath, G (1971) Compressible axially symmetric laminar boundary layer flow in the stagnation region of a blunt body in the presence of magnetic field. In: Acta Mechanica, 12 (3-4). pp. 267-273.

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Abstract

In this paper, the steady laminar viscous hypersonic flow of an electrically conducting fluid in the region of the stagnation point of an insulating blunt body in the presence of a radial magnetic field is studied by similarity solution approach, taking into account the variation of the product of density and viscosity across the boundary layer. The two coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations are solved simultaneously using Runge-Kutta-Gill method. It has been found that the effect of the variation of the product of density and viscosity on skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number is appreciable. The skin friction coefficient increases but Nusselt number decreases as the magnetic field or the total enthalpy at the wall increases

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Acta Mechanica
Publisher:	Springer Wien
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer Wien.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2010 07:20
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:08
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/28401

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