Free convection heat and mass transfer from a horizontal cylinder of elliptic cross section in micropolar fluids

被引:23
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作者
Cheng, CY [1 ]
机构
[1] So Taiwan Univ Technol, Dept Mech Engn, Yung Kang 710, Taiwan
关键词
micropolar fluid; heat and mass transfer; elliptic cylinder;
D O I
10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2005.10.012
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
This work examines the natural convection heat and mass transfer near a horizontal cylinder of elliptic cross section with constant wall temperature and concentration in a micropolar fluid. The transformed governing equations are then solved by the cubic spline collocation method. Results for local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are presented as functions of vortex viscosity parameter and aspect ratio. The heat and mass transfer rates of the elliptical cylinder with slender orientation are higher than those of the elliptical cylinder with blunt orientation. Moreover, the heat and mass transfer rates from an elliptical cylinder in Newtonian fluids are higher than those in micropolar fluids. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:311 / 318
页数:8
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