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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 66, 2014 - Issue 5
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Non-Newtonian Mixed Convection Flow along an Isothermal Horizontal Circular Cylinder

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Pages 509-529 | Received 31 May 2013, Accepted 21 Dec 2013, Published online: 04 Jun 2014
 

Abstract

The mixed convective laminar two-dimensional boundary-layer flow of non-Newtonian pseudo-plastic fluids is studied along an isothermal horizontal circular cylinder using a modified power-law viscosity model. In this model, there are no unrealistic limits of zero or infinite viscosity; consequently, no irremovable singularities are introduced into boundary-layer formulations for such fluids. Therefore, the boundary-layer equations can be solved numerically by using marching order implicit finite difference method with double sweep technique. Numerical results are presented for the case of shear-thinning fluids in terms of the fluid velocity and temperature distributions, shear stresses and rate of heat transfer in terms of the local skin-friction and local Nusselt number respectively. Here, it is found that heating the cylinder delays separation and if the cylinder is warm enough, suppress it completely. Cooling the cylinder brings the separation point nearer to the lower stagnation point and for a very cold cylinder there will not be boundary-layer on the cylinder.

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