Natural convection boundary-layer adjacent to an inclined flat plate subject to sudden and ramp heating

• Published in: International journal of thermal sciences Vol. 49; no. 9; pp. 1600 - 1612
• Main Authors: Saha, Suvash C., Patterson, John C., Lei, Chengwang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Masson SAS 01.09.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Boundaries; Boundary conditions; Boundary layer; Buoyancy; Convection and heat transfer; Convection modes; Exact sciences and technology; Flat plates; Fluid dynamics; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Heating; Natural convection; Physics; Prandtl number; Ramp heating; Ramps; Steady state; Turbulent flows, convection, and heat transfer; Unsteady flow; Prandtl number; Natural convection; Unsteady flow; Ramp heating; Boundary layer; Temperature distribution; Streamlines; Digital simulation; Thermal boundary layer; Boundary conditions; Velocity distribution; Heating surface; Sudden variation; Inclined plate; Modelling; Boundary layers; Heat transfer; Flat plate

The natural convection thermal boundary-layer adjacent to an inclined flat plate subject to sudden heating and a temperature boundary condition which follows a ramp function up until a specified time and then remains constant is investigated. The development of the flow from start-up to a steady sta...