Free convection in power-law fluids near a three-dimensional stagnation point

Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy and Takhar, HS and Slaouti, A and Pop, Ioan and Kumari, Mahesh (1995) Free convection in power-law fluids near a three-dimensional stagnation point. In: International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 16 (1). pp. 62-68.

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Abstract

Numerical results are presented for the free-convection boundary-layer equations of the Ostwald de-Waele non-Newtonian power-law type fluids near a three-dimensional (3-D) stagnation point of attachment on an isothermal surface. The existence of dual solutions that are three-dimensional in nature have been verified by means of a numerical procedure. An asymptotic solution for very large Prandtl numbers has also been derived. Solutions are presented for a range of values of the geometric curvature parameter c, the power-law index n, and the Prandtl number Pr.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Free convection boundary layer;stagnation point flow;non-Newtonian fluids;rheology
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	18 May 2011 07:32
Last Modified:	18 May 2011 07:32
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/37751

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