Vk. Garg et Az. Szeri, FLUID-FLOW AND HEAT-TRANSFER BETWEEN FINITE ROTATING-DISKS, International journal of heat and fluid flow, 14(2), 1993, pp. 155-163
The laminar flow between finite rotating disks with a shroud has been
analyzed using a velocity and a stream function formulation, employing
Galerkin's method with B-spline basis. Though results from both formu
lations are in good agreement with the LDV data on velocity profiles,
and with each other, we find the stream function formulation clearly s
uperior computationally, and we employ it subsequently to study heat t
ransfer between the disks. The calculations show strong boundary-layer
character near the disks. The Nusselt number depends upon both geomet
ry and the Reynolds number.