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Higher order effects in natural convection flow over a uniform flux horizontal surface

Einflüsse höherer Ordnung bei freier Konvektion über einer gleichmäßig beheizten horizontalen Oberfläche

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Higher order boundary layer effects for natural convection flow over a horizontal plate prescribed with uniform heat flux is presented. Using the method of matched asymptotic expansions the three terms in inner and outer expansions have been obtained. It is shown that the contribution of the eigen functions to the three term inner expansions is identically zero.

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Es werden Grenzschichteinflüsse höherer Ordnung auf die freie Konvektionsströmung über einer horizontalen Platte bei gleichmäßigem Wärmestrom dargestellt. Mit Hilfe der Methode der angepaßten asymptotischen Entwicklungen wurden die drei Terme der inneren und äußeren Entwicklung hergeleitet. Es wird gezeigt, daß der Beitrag der Eigenfunktionen zu den drei inneren Entwicklungen identisch Null ist.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, 202001, Aligarh, India

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Afzal, N. Higher order effects in natural convection flow over a uniform flux horizontal surface. Wärme- und Stoffübertragung 19, 177–180 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01403753

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