Om. Haddad et al., Numerical solutions of the Navier-Stokes and energy equations for laminar incompressible flow past parabolic bodies, INT J N M H, 10(1), 2000, pp. 80-93
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanical Engineering
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL METHODS FOR HEAT & FLUID FLOW
Numerical solutions are Presented for steady two-dimensional symmetric flow
Past parabolic bodies in a uniform stream parallel to its axis. For this s
tudy, the full Navier Stokes equations and energy equation in Parabolic coo
rdinates were solved A second order accurate finite difference scheme on a
non-uniform grid was used The solution domain does not exclude the leading
edge region as it is usually done with boundary layer flows. A wide range o
f Reynolds number (Re) studied for different values of Prandtl number (Pr).
It is found that the average Nusselt number (<(Nu)over bar>) inn eases as
(Pr) increases meanwhile, (<(Nu)over bar>) decreases with the increase in (
Re).