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We have made a theoretical study of the hydrodynamics and heat transfer of non-Newtonian fluids near a cooled isothermal surface by laminar free convection with regard for the change in the fluid viscosity with temperature. A power rheological model has been used. The solutions to the systems of differential equations for the boundary layer have been obtained numerically. It has been shown that the strongest influence in the considered kinds of convection is produced by the relative viscosity. Moreover, of great importance is the nonlinearity index of the medium. With increasing rheological parameter the influence of variable viscosity decreases. Criteria equations for calculating the local and mean Nusselt numbers and friction coefficients have been obtained.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 6, pp. 49–56, November–December, 2006.
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Selivanov, N.V., Kuz’min, S.I. Theoretical study of hydrodynamics and heat transfer by free convection of non-Newtonian fluids near a cooled surface with regard for variable viscosity. J Eng Phys Thermophys 79, 1097–1105 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-006-0210-2
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