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The open equations of thermal turbulent boundary layer subjected to pressure gradient have been analysed by method of matched asymptotic expansions at large Reynolds number. The flow is divided into outer wake layer and inner wall layer. The asymptotic expansions are matched by Millikan-Kolmogorov hypothesis. The temperature profile in overlap region yields composite law which reduce to log. law for moderate pressure gradient and inverse half power law for strong adverse pressure gradient. In case of a shallow thermal wake, the matching result of outer wake layer reduces to composite temperature defect law, which is more general than the classical log. law. The comparison of data for thermal boundary layer with strong adverse pressure gradient is also considered.
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Received on 26 May 1998
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Afzal, N. Wake layer in a thermal turbulent boundary layer with pressure gradient. Heat and Mass Transfer 35, 281–288 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002310050325
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002310050325