Exact approximations for skin friction coefficient and convective heat transfer coefficient for a class of power law fluids flow over a semi-infinite plate: Results from similarity solutions

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Jafarimoghaddam, Amin
Aberoumand, Sadegh
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2017
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In the present work, it is aimed to derive exact formulations for skin friction coefficient (Cf) and convective heat transfer coefficient (h) for power law fluids with 0.8 < n < 1.2 flow over a semi-infinite plate and with the constant wall temperature boundary condition. Similarity analysis was employed to solve the problem for 410,000 cases with different power law indexes (n) and Prandtl numbers (0.1 < Pr < 1000). Finally, based on the acquired data from similarity solutions, exact approximations (with R-Square ∼ 1) are proposed for Cf and also h. These exact formulations can be considered as replaces for the former ones in the literature for Newtonian fluids (n = 1).

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Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal

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20

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3

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© 2016 Karabuk University. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Environmental sciences

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Jafarimoghaddam, A; Aberoumand, S, Exact approximations for skin friction coefficient and convective heat transfer coefficient for a class of power law fluids flow over a semi-infinite plate: Results from similarity solutions, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 2017, 20 (3), pp. 1115-1121

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