Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (8): 963-968.doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-010-1331-z

• Articles • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Effect of thermal conductivity on heat transfer for a power-law non-Newtonian fluid over a continuous stretched surface with various injection parameters

 F.A.SALAMA   

  1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
  • Received:2009-10-08 Revised:2010-05-18 Online:2010-07-23 Published:2010-08-01

Abstract: The two-dimensional non-Newtonian steady flow on a power-law stretched surface with suction or injection is studied. Thermal conductivity is assumed to vary as a linear function of temperature. The transformed governing equations in the present study are solved numerically using the Runge-Kutta method. Through a comparison, results for a special case of the problem show excellent agreement with those in a previous work. Two cases are considered, one corresponding to a cooled surface temperature and the other to a uniform surface temperature. Numerical results show that the thermal conductivity variation parameter, the injection parameter, and the power-law index have significant influences on the temperature profiles and the Nusselt number.

2010 MSC Number: 

APS Journals | CSTAM Journals | AMS Journals | EMS Journals | ASME Journals