Solution of the natural convection boundary-layer flow near a heated flat plate

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Version: 4/30/00
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Reference: F. P. Incropera and D. P. DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 4th ed. Wiley, 1996.

Numerical solution of the coupled ODE's that result after a similarity variable is introduced to the natural convection boundary - layer equations for flow near a flat plate.

Conclusions

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Solution of the natural convection boundary-layer flow near a heated flat plate

Reference: F. P. Incropera and D. P. DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 4th ed. Wiley, 1996.

Problem overview

Derivation of the ODE's from the original PDE's.

Correlation of the experimental data

Numerical solution of the coupled ODE's that result after a similarity variable is introduced to the natural convection boundary - layer equations for flow near a flat plate.

Conclusions