THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS

     TEORIJSKA I PRIMENJENA MEHANIKA  2008 Vol.35(4), pp.323-331

Summary: 

R.Muthucumaraswamy, KE.Sathappan, R.Natarajan

Heat transfer effects on flow past an exponentially accelerated vertical plate with variable temperature

An exact solution to the problem of flow past an exponentially accelerated infinite vertical plate with variable temperature is analyzed. The temperature of the plate is raised linearly with time t. The dimensionless governing equations are solved using Laplace-transform technique. The velocity and temperature profiles are studied for different physical parameters like thermal Grashof number, time and a. It is observed that the velocity increases with increasing values of a or Gr.