Second law analysis for a variable viscosity plane Poiseuille flow with asymmetric convective cooling

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3012-3019

  Makinde, O D ^a   Aziz, A ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric convective cooling; Entropy generation analysis; Poiseuille flow; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

BIOT NUMBER; BRINKMAN NUMBER; CONVECTIVE COOLING; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION ANALYSIS; FOURTH ORDER; PLANE POISEUILLE FLOW; POISEUILLE FLOW; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; RUNGE-KUTTA ALGORITHMS; SECOND LAW ANALYSIS; SHOOTING TECHNIQUE; VARIABLE VISCOSITY; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

ENTROPY; FLOW STRUCTURE; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; VISCOSITY;

COOLING;

EID: 78249280601     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2010.09.063     Document Type: Article

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