Flow and heat transfer in a power-law fluid over a stretching sheet with variable thermal conductivity and non-uniform heat source

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 2902-2913

  Abel, M Subhas ^a   Datti, P S ^b   Mahesha, N ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Non uniform heat source; Power law fluid; Prandtl number; Stretching sheet; Variable thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PAPER SHEETING; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

BOUNDARY VALUES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; KELLER-BOX METHODS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; NON-LINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NON-UNIFORM HEAT SOURCE; NON-UNIFORM HEAT SOURCE/SINK; POWER-LAW FLUID; POWER-LAW INDICES; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATIONS; SKIN FRICTIONS; STRETCHING SHEET; VARIABLE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 63049090989     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.08.042     Document Type: Article

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